archived

adjective

ar·​chived ˈär-ˌkīvd 

: filed or collected in or as if in an archive

archived photographs

archived email messages

Newspapers should be lowering their prices for archived content.

—Karim Mostafa

The individual file drawers stacked in the basement were all locked and alarmed, as was the microfilm storage area of archived cards, which occupied a fireproof vault that was also connected to Max Kessler's alarm system.

—Paul Christopher

Examples of archived in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Then and now: A photographer ventured deep into the Arctic Circle — midway between Norway and the North Pole — to capture images recreating archived pictures taken from the same locations more than 100 years ago. —Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025

There are also companies working on storing archived data on DNA, but there are no commercial archive systems using synthetic DNA storage available today. —Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025

Zoom out: Germany also highlights strict entry requirements to the U.S. in new language that an archived version of the website from before Trump's inauguration did not include. —Avery Lotz, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025

While some of its social media accounts remain active, the Reimagine Tomorrow website itself was taken down last month, according to archived versions on the Internet Archive. —Juliana Kim, NPR, 29 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for archived

• arrived
• connived
• contrived
• deprived
• derived
• revived
• survived
• dived
• lived
• rived
• strived
• thrived