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noun

plural of archive
as in libraries
a place where books, periodicals, and records are kept for use but not for sale asked that the rare book be brought from the archive sent the novelist's letters to the archive for preservation

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verb

present tense third-person singular of archive
as in compiles

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Recent Examples of archives
Noun
Her creative vision for Fendi begins with a return to the archives, particularly the spirit of experimentation that defined the house under the sisters and Karl Lagerfeld. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026 Newspaper reports and records in the archives of the Greenwich Observatory revealed another important clue. — Mike McRae 15, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026 Native American leaders feared the state's largest Dakota language archives had been lost. — Eric Henderson, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 Coppola wasn’t aware just how much footage her mother had in the archives. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026 Through digital archives, artistic reenactments, and deeply personal encounters, the film moves between tenderness and rage, transforming memory into an act of freedom. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026 Sherman was offered free rein to anything from the archives in France. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 9 Oct. 2026 On the personal front — Kubrick’s estate and film archives is involved in the auction — the filmmaker’s director’s chair, Venice Film Festival Golden Lion lifetime achievement award, viewfinder, chess set and more will also be available. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for archives
  1. libraries
  2. compiles
  3. stacks
  4. links
  5. collates
  6. piles
  7. balls
  8. clusters
Noun
  • Cryptography is embedded throughout applications, identity platforms, APIs, cloud services, firewalls, load balancers, proxies, certificate authorities, VPNs and software libraries.
    — Scott Alldridge, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Should certain books be pulled from the world’s libraries because a bad reader might do a bad thing with them.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of libraries
Verb
  • This independent organization compiles lists of needs for developing communities (think school supplies or clothing), and guests can bring these items from home to give to those in need.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Both numbers appear in an April 2026 FEDS Note from the Federal Reserve Board, which compiles three separate federal instruments and reports what each found.
    — Ajay Pundhir, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of compiles
Verb
  • However, their critics argue the measure stacks the deck in favor of approval.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • With 52 weeks on the calendar, that’s less than 2 weeks between new releases — not accounting for marquee weekends when the industry typically stacks big premieres.
    — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of stacks
Verb
  • The report also links greater AI adoption with both higher throughput and elevated instability.
    — Jay Singh, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Rather than relying solely on batch-level records, the system links inspection results to each pebble, providing more detailed information about the fuel elements entering tests.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of links
Verb
  • Starting last October, hackers gained access to a system operated by the Defense Manpower Data Center, which collates Department of Defense personnel records.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
  • And the new Personalized Intelligence update collates data across the lot.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Definition of collates
Verb
  • My father piles French toast and syrup onto a plate and my mother pours a glass of milk.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Big swine farms produce huge amounts of solid waste, which piles up in lagoons until a flood can wash them into rivers.
    — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of piles
Verb
  • Bassey signs, Ike balls out An hour after the Warriors officially signed reserve center Charles Bassey to a one-year deal, Graham Ike did his best to show that the backup center position should still be considered in flux.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 10 July 2026
  • The second and third outs were called third strikes, both of them initially balls before All-Star catcher Realmuto challenged through the Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS), or so called robot umpires, that will be used in the regular season for the first time this year.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Definition of balls
Verb
  • The historical profile again clusters tightly.
    — Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Liquidity cluster Wells Fargo added that most liquidity already clusters around the market open and close, making the idea of stretching trading hours even further counterproductive.
    — Yun Li, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2025
Definition of clusters

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“Archives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archives. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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