as in library
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 archive
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
The archive's special collections include maps by French, Dutch, Spanish and American cartographers.
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Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
Daniel Ruetenik,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
Events will focus on Altadena and Palisades areas to help bring together fire survivors, who can share and archive their stories and experiences.
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City News Service,
Daily News,
30 Jan. 2026
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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on June 29, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
The archive's special collections include maps by French, Dutch, Spanish and American cartographers.
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Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
Verb
It was also archived by Jmail, a web interface that was created to archive Epstein content.
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Daniel Ruetenik,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
Events will focus on Altadena and Palisades areas to help bring together fire survivors, who can share and archive their stories and experiences.
—
City News Service,
Daily News,
30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for archive
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As a high-schooler, Brown had gone to the county library in search of more information.
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Galaxy Play serves more than two million paying users and holds Vietnam’s largest premium library of local films and series, alongside local box office hits and major Hollywood studio releases.
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Recent Plano restaurant health inspections resulted in the temporary closure of two restaurants, according to city data compiled by the Star-Telegram.
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This report was compiled using information from the Associated Press, the Los Angeles Daily News, the Orlando Pride and Orlando Sentinel research.
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Weave in open storage elements like cubbies—essential for keeping shoes and boots accessible and organized.
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The flight follows additional aid deliveries from Ecuador and continuing relief efforts organized in Spain, where public institutions, businesses and charitable organizations have raised more than $11 million for earthquake victims.
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If tasks pile up, batch similar actions and protect your calendar edges, since boundaries keep interruptions from scattering your concentration.
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Lovely as a single serve or batch up in a big jug for the group stages and let your mates help themselves.
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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.
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All athletes who participated in the research — and are quoted above — remained anonymous, with their experiences collated into collective, generalised vignettes owing to fears of retaliation by those in charge.
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Over time, some preachers sought to systematize these tactics for winning converts.
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Then there is its proximity to the Strait of Hormuz, which allows Iran to systematize its deterrence against the passage of container ships and oil tankers.
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Experts said brands everywhere are expected to scramble for a piece of the Swift wedding buzz, with many hoping to ride the cultural wave without ever being officially linked to the ceremony.
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The announcement also offers business owners a look at how link-in-bio tools are evolving.
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For the first time, disparate bank technology stacks around the world will connect through GSSP infrastructure that digitizes manual workflows.
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Anthropologie’s Summer Sale is pampering fashion insiders with 50-percent-off deals stacked on top of already on-sale buys, reflected in cart.
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“Archive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archive. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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