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
Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 30 Mar. 2026
Get access to select stories from the archives, along with unlimited digital access to Vogue, for $3 $1/month for one year.
—Sarah Mower, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2026
Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 20 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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Noun
With denim as the base, orange, purple and brown dyes transform 578 Baggy bottoms—a style that references Levi’s early 2000s archives.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 30 Mar. 2026
Get access to select stories from the archives, along with unlimited digital access to Vogue, for $3 $1/month for one year.
—Sarah Mower, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
Museum, which includes a podcast studio, sound booths, and music rooms, where more than 100 guitars and historic drums are archived.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 20 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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The university had a rare-books library.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Dubbed the Card Catalog Stamp Collection, this program allows visitors to visit the reference or information desk at any library to receive a genuine card catalog that once helped people navigate the Central Library's collection.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The 6-foot senior guard has also left her mark as a winner, compiling a 103-35 record with the storied program.—
Joe Davidson
March 27,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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And after his September call-up, Carter Jensen actually compiled the sixth-best fWAR of any catcher.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
27 Mar. 2026
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There will be five protests organized inside the perimeter of I-285 in Atlanta on Saturday.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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An agent named Gaskell — powered by OpenClaw and Anthropic’s API — emailed me Monday about a tech networking event organized by a team of seven agents, overseen by three humans.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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And batch 5 of the 10-year-old (SRP $90) is bottled at 97 proof, and has notes of molasses, chocolate, and barrel spices.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
26 Mar. 2026
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One person’s voice is heard in the video instructing people which batch to light first.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Similarly, since even earlier—2008—ICE has been collating and analyzing huge quantities of data in support of its enforcement mission.—
Paul Rosenzweig,
The Atlantic,
22 Mar. 2026
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Photographs captured by Steve McQueen as part of his popular ‘Bounty’ exhibition series have been collated and adapted into a new book collection to be published this month by MACK.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2026
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These are metrics that can be verified and systematized, reflecting Clark’s experience as a programmer.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
29 Jan. 2026
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MarketONE, built by Amdocs, is one example of how companies are trying to systematize that work.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Cyber criminals linked to Iran have accessed FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email account, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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And all were linked to individuals in Argentina with modest financial backgrounds—a pharmacy employee, a shop worker, a bankrupt businessman—people with no visible connection to multimillion-dollar financial operations.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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All these factors stack the deck in the issuer’s favor.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Despite the odds being stacked against him, Colby says he's had more fun this time than in previous seasons.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Archive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archive. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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