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archiving

verb

present participle of archive
as in organizing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for archiving
  1. organizing
  2. compiling
  3. collating
  4. arranging
  5. clustering
  6. merging
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  • Comparing unauthorized immigration to an invasion has become increasingly common among politicians including Nigel Farage of Reform UK, and far-right groups that have been active in organizing and attending anti-immigrant protests.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Some need only light intelligence—converting structured output into natural language, organizing OCR results or classifying simple requests.
    — Nitin Gupta, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of organizing
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  • The Times examined the county’s restraining order process, compiling data from hundreds of thousands of cases, and interviewing dozens of domestic abuse and harassment victims, attorneys and victim service providers.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • To remember their sacrifice, the Daily News is compiling a roll of remembrance for those who died of 9/11 illnesses.
    — New York Daily News, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of compiling
Verb
  • Three centuries later, the librarians of Alexandria took charge of the text, collating competing versions, marking doubtful lines, imposing a measure of order on the teeming verses.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • Kanal was instrumental in collating over 500 artifacts.
    — Leena Tailor, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026
Definition of collating
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  • The case turned into a years-long legal saga, with multiple people convicted of their roles in arranging the hit, including Wendi’s brother, Charlie Adelson, and her mother, Donna.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Britain’s populist Reform UK said two senior aides to leader Nigel Farage stepped down on Friday after an undercover investigation alleged the party had broken electoral law by arranging for a foreign donor to pay for political polling.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of arranging
Verb
  • Sacramento was crawling Saturday as crowds packed Bugtopia, winding between tables and clustering around displays with the restless motion of a human-sized ant colony.
    — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Rockstar has a track record of clustering major beats around its parent company’s reporting dates, and a trailer ahead of that call would give the company’s brass something to point at as a symbol of unquestionable success.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of clustering
Verb
  • Directed by Academy Award winner Giuseppe Tornatore and starring young Italian talent Saul Nanni as the young Cucinelli, the two-hour movie takes a look at the entrepreneur’s life and company, merging the worlds of philosophy and work.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Was Zeuxis’s imitation in this instance a case of gathering (breaking up the models, then collecting and aggregating pieces) or a case of transformation (merging and blending some parts or traits into a smooth and seamless new whole)?
    — Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of merging
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“Archiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archiving. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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