archive
noun
Usually archives. documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation.
archives
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pluralof archive.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof archive (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
archivenounUsually archives. documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation.
Example Sentences
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When conducting research in the archives of an abandoned asylum, a woman begins to hear the voices of the insane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
And at the French capital's Notre Dame Cathedral, an AI system has been trained to transcribe 14,600 Latin pages from the church's medieval archives -- a task not dissimilar to code-breaking.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
From the Moneyist archives, here is Exhibit A: My sister squandered our parents’ millions, asked me to give her $10,000, then made me a tempting offer.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Mockingbird’s archives are on display at the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles, depicting a raucous era of music and defiance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
What we’d been able to see from the other side is only a small fraction of the archives this room must maintain: rows and rows of shelves.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
