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
Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025
Exploits worked by embedding an executable file within an archive and then embedding the archive into another archive.
—Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2025
Jordan King, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
In response to the ongoing changes, some groups of researchers are now rushing to archive the CDC website in full.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2025
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Noun
These are precisely the kinds of works that, without the backing of institutions that have the resources to protect their own archive, might have been lost to history.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025
Exploits worked by embedding an executable file within an archive and then embedding the archive into another archive.
—Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
What To Know The USAID website has gone dark, last archived on Saturday, according to WaybackMachine.
—Jordan King, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
In response to the ongoing changes, some groups of researchers are now rushing to archive the CDC website in full.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2025
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Moore’s book is among dozens placed off limits for at least a week in school libraries operated by the DOD as the new administration aims to roll back protections for transgender people and terminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the federal government.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
17 Feb. 2025
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The deal commences with Lionsgate’s 2026 theatrical releases and also includes the studio’s 2025 slate and a commitment for licensing library movies and TV.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2025
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Analysts had expected the jab to pull in $909 million in sales for the quarter, according to estimates compiled by StreetAccount.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
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The Swedish industry has some 30,000 employees and a turnover of 2.6 billion euros, 80 percent of which is from export, with the most important markets being the European Union, Norway and the U.S. Annual figures were compiled by TMF, Sweden’s confederation for the furniture and woodworks industry.—
Anders Modig Davin,
WWD,
13 Feb. 2025
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The actresses further claimed that many of the outfits worn during their recent joint appearances have not been organized.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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Also, waiting in the wings is the Orlando Dreamers group, organized by the late Orlando Magic CEO Pat Williams and Hall of Famer Barry Larkin, who’ve working tirelessly to bring major league baseball to the Magic Kingdom.—
Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2025
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Certified colors are usually synthetic dyes and pigments, and they're required to undergo a chemical analysis and batch certification before they're approved.—
Sydney Wingfield,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Jan. 2025
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Include how to batch create content efficiently and metrics to track performance while I'm gone.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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Credit card lenders wrote off $46 billion in seriously delinquent loan balances in the first nine months of the year, the Financial Times reported, citing industry data collated by BankRegData.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
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Generating use case ideas from across the organization, and collating and governing them centrally.—
Sandeep Sakharkar,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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The government will need to systematize civil documentation; establish transparent legal mechanisms to resolve disputes over land and property; and provide protection and support for vulnerable groups, including minorities, women and children, and the disabled.—
Jesse Marks,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Feb. 2025
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In a bid to systematize the valuation of buildings, assessors were known to count the size and number of windows in a structure.—
Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes,
9 Dec. 2024
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Weaver feels this indestructible vision links directors as disparate as Ridley Scott, Peter Weir, Walter Hill, Paul Schrader, James Cameron, and Mike Nichols.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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The Kremlin responded on Tuesday after a private jet reportedly linked to President Donald Trump landed in Moscow.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Trump’s second term cabinet is stacked with prominent China hawks, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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The emotional toll of rehashing the past is honored, as the film sequences stack tragedies alongside a surge of cautious hope.—
Holly Jones,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Archive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archive. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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