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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Recent Examples of archives
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on June 20, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
After airing, the recording of the historic performance was placed in the BBC archives and subsequently erased, as the BBC commonly (and now notoriously) wiped and reused tapes at the time.
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Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
20 June 2026
The film directed by Valerie Veatch draws on archives of CBS, Pond5, PBS, BBC and other institutions.
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Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 June 2026
Drawing from immense datasets spanning nature, science, and culture, Dataland transforms archives into immersive environments that exist somewhere between documentation and imagination.
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Joseph Fowler,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
The victim, who was 18 years old, was shot in the neck at point-blank range, archives said.
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Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
19 June 2026
Twenty terabytes is enough for large photo collections, video projects, business archives, backups, and years of personal files.
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Stackcommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
19 June 2026
As luxury brands increasingly turned to their archives in search of authenticity and relevance, Tiffany already had one of its most effective advocates in Loring.
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Thomas Waller,
Footwear News,
12 June 2026
Noun
Parsi photographer and filmmaker Sooni Taraporevala has spent years amassing what may be one of the community’s most intimate archives of everyday life, shaped by her access to the spaces that outsiders rarely see.
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Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on June 20, according to the Tribune’s archives.
—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
After airing, the recording of the historic performance was placed in the BBC archives and subsequently erased, as the BBC commonly (and now notoriously) wiped and reused tapes at the time.
—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
20 June 2026
The film directed by Valerie Veatch draws on archives of CBS, Pond5, PBS, BBC and other institutions.
—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 June 2026
Drawing from immense datasets spanning nature, science, and culture, Dataland transforms archives into immersive environments that exist somewhere between documentation and imagination.
—
Joseph Fowler,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
The victim, who was 18 years old, was shot in the neck at point-blank range, archives said.
—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
19 June 2026
Twenty terabytes is enough for large photo collections, video projects, business archives, backups, and years of personal files.
—
Stackcommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
19 June 2026
As luxury brands increasingly turned to their archives in search of authenticity and relevance, Tiffany already had one of its most effective advocates in Loring.
—
Thomas Waller,
Footwear News,
12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for archives
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The company partners with local schools, libraries and community organizations to host single and multi-day classes, summer camps and birthday parties.
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Following El Capitan, which ranks second on the Top500 list, are two other American machines in national libraries in Tennessee and Illinois, as well as one in Germany.
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The last ticker-tape parade to come for the city belonged to the New York Liberty in 2024 following their WNBA championship win, according to Downtown Alliance, which compiles research on the parades.
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In addition to providing a large network of shelters with adoption services and other programs, the organization compiles insights and analytics from more than 10,000 shelters and rescue groups across the nation.
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However, La Ruche takes a different approach and, rather than spreading its limited floorspace across a conventional layout, stacks its living spaces vertically like a tower.
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Alphabet investors had bought a capital-light cash machine, and the plan stacks equity dilution on top of more than $100 billion of debt raised over the past year, including a sterling bond round in February.
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Here in British Columbia, for example, your provincial digital ID already links not only vaccination records, but also driver’s licenses, health data, education, land titles, property records, benefits, vehicle registration, insurance, permits, court records and business registrations.
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Speculation frequently links the New Jersey native to the Philadelphia Phillies.
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And the new Personalized Intelligence update collates data across the lot.
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Munro pointed to changes made at BBC Arabic, including overhauling its Press Review item — which collates media reporting from the Middle East — and bolstering editorial leadership and accountability at the service.
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More specifically — and without spoiling a story that piles the twists as high as the corpses — Pine's an ex-British soldier pulled from his porter duties and recruited to surveil a ruthless arms dealer, Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie) staying at the hotel.
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The result piles more pressure on Starmer, the least popular prime minister since records began, according to some polls.
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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.
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Arrange dough balls 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheets.
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The historical profile again clusters tightly.
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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.
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