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
Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Post-Tribune archives contributed.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
Participants can also use the archives’ research resources and obtain individual research assistance from staff.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 25 Apr. 2026
The office also handles business registrations, oversees the state archives and runs a potpourri of other state programs, like commissioning notaries public and maintaining a registry for advance care directives.
—Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Some years are forgettable and relegated to C-SPAN archives.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
Waters gained access to Oliver’s personal archives to make the film.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2026
There were no dates of birth or death, but a manuscript of sixty-seven short pieces for solo mandolin or violin had been unearthed from archives in recent years.
—Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026
Fly across the world to visit archives and then look at additional pamphlets just because the covers look cute.
—Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
Thousands of photographs and historical documents are stored in archives and the collections section of the museum houses an assortment of memorabilia.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Post-Tribune archives contributed.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
Participants can also use the archives’ research resources and obtain individual research assistance from staff.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 25 Apr. 2026
The office also handles business registrations, oversees the state archives and runs a potpourri of other state programs, like commissioning notaries public and maintaining a registry for advance care directives.
—Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Some years are forgettable and relegated to C-SPAN archives.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
Waters gained access to Oliver’s personal archives to make the film.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2026
There were no dates of birth or death, but a manuscript of sixty-seven short pieces for solo mandolin or violin had been unearthed from archives in recent years.
—Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026
Fly across the world to visit archives and then look at additional pamphlets just because the covers look cute.
—Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for archives
Noun
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Universities, libraries, and professional guilds played that role for generations.—
Bruce Broussard,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The growing popularity comes at a time when future funding for public libraries is uncertain.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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The California Governor's Race Candidate Guide compiles more than 20 hours of interviews with top-polling candidates and presents them in a side-by-side, issue-by-issue format.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Doug McLennan, editor in chief of ArtsJournal, which compiles articles about arts and culture, estimated that between 2000 and 2008, nearly 80% of arts journalists and critics were laid off.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
22 Apr. 2026
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The side table unfolds into six stools for gatherings, then neatly stacks back together into a stylish end piece.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Apr. 2026
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At home, Jonathan Wright, director of the Indianapolis art museum's park and gardens, stuffs in the plants, stacks the pots, and lets everything grow.—
Teresa Woodard,
Midwest Living,
17 Apr. 2026
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An exhibition curated by Barry Bergdoll and Martin Bressani at the Bard Graduate Center links those three eras, giving a central place to Viollet-le-Duc’s lifelong fascination with moody renderings, exploded perspectives, meticulous elevations, and analytical diagrams.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
23 Apr. 2026
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The piece links physical endurance with cultural identity, considering the show’s broader themes of how sports intersect with race, gender, and history.—
Jonel Juste,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
12 Nov. 2025
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However, an odds tracker that collates data from about two dozen bookmakers places him second behind the favorite, Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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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.—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
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The result piles more pressure on Starmer, the least popular prime minister since records began, according to some polls.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
27 Feb. 2026
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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.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Arrange dough balls 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheets.—
Holly Riordan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
16 Dec. 2025
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These two effects, together — of galaxies moving with varying speeds through environments of varying densities — make rich galaxy clusters the ideal environments to find galaxies that experience the greatest amounts of stripping from within them.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Nov. 2025
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“Archives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archives. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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