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
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
The interview also reframes the list as a narrative project: one in which Black Midwestern life is not merely archived but curated, conjured, and interpreted.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 17 July 2025
Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
The exhibit is a new collection of photographs from the artist’s archive, taken mostly in Los Angeles in the 1970s.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
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Noun
The assurance of data protection begins with the environment in which data is developed, stored, shared and archived.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
The interview also reframes the list as a narrative project: one in which Black Midwestern life is not merely archived but curated, conjured, and interpreted.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 17 July 2025
Verb
The new version speaks more broadly about company culture but no longer lists its employee resource groups, which were publicly visible as recently as Tuesday, according to the archive.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
The exhibit is a new collection of photographs from the artist’s archive, taken mostly in Los Angeles in the 1970s.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
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Noun
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The community space is in the front, just off the main entrance of the library, and was designed to host events, even after the library’s official hours.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Jayne is one of the human antagonists of the book, who forces Arthur Oakes to steal rare and priceless books from the college library in exchange for his mom’s safety.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
30 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In the ugliest defeat of a season belatedly compiling them, the New York Mets blew an early 6-0 lead Wednesday to fall to the Atlanta Braves 11-6.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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Last year, data compiled by World Steel showed 67 fatalities in the industry globally, the lowest on record.—
Salena Zito,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Aug. 2025
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To organize the faith community of Chicago to speak up for and protect human rights and human beings.—
Ciera Bates-Chamberlain,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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Managers, in contrast, are frequently regarded as productivity experts who nurture the organizational structure, establish systems and processes, fulfill the mission statement, uphold quality standards, develop talent, organize teams, and plan budgets.—
Mark LaSota,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Successful implementations typically use schema-aware tools that preserve metadata and support both batch and streaming pipelines to ensure consistency downstream. 2.—
Abhik Sengupta,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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An employee takes photos of items using a smartphone, then batch uploads those photos to Photoroom, which helps even out the image and adds a neutral, uniform background.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Aug. 2025
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Pair your phone to the device, and the app can collate results from multiple tests to build a more robust distribution curve.—
Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
13 Aug. 2025
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In 2025 Upwork’s research team collated a list of the top 25 freelance and gig opportunities with the highest hourly rates, from its platform.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The challenge right now is to synchronize and systematize data collection and reporting such that meeting the current assortment of local, national and international requirements does not create an undue strain on the core business or leave that business open to risk of non-compliance.—
Mary Foley,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Thus, the contribution of the men who formalized physiognomy (Johann Lavater) and phrenology (Franz Josef Gall) was systematizing a broader humoral worldview about the connection between body and character, and giving it the prestige of modern science.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
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One patient linked with the Central Harlem cluster died earlier in August, city health authorities said.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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More news: Vikings-Colts Trade Proposal Ships Towering WR to Minnesota Las Vegas could definitely stand to add another piece before the regular season, and Bleacher Report's Alex Kay has linked the Raiders to a rather interesting candidate: Cleveland Browns cornerback Greg Newsome II.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
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Photographs later taken by a Devastating Pyrotechnics employee show crates of fireworks stacked floor-to-ceiling inside, towering over a forklift used to move them.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Someone had to have dug the pit, stacked the corpses, bulldozed over the mass graves.—
Seema Jilani
August 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Archive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archive. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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