archival

[ ahr-kahy-vuhl ]

/ ɑrˈkaɪ vəl /

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of or relating to archives or valuable records; contained in or comprising such archives or records.

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Origin of archival

First recorded in 1840–50; archive + -al¹

Words nearby archival

architectural, architectural bronze, architecture, architecture parlante, architrave, archival, archival storage, archive, archivist, archivolt, archliberal

How to use archival in a sentence

It absorbs archival ink rapidly and doesn’t wrinkle easily, which makes it that much easier to make your lines coincide.
Must-have art supplies to let your inner creative shine|Sandra Gutierrez G.|February 11, 2021|Popular-Science
After exploring Ailey’s present-day impact, Wignot pulls her audience into the past using archival footage and photographs— handing the narrative of Ailey’s life off to the man himself.
‘Ailey’ Gives Audiences A Glimpse Of the Renowned Choreographer Who Infused Memory Into Movement|Brande Victorian|February 1, 2021|Essence.com
To perform Cooke's songs, Odom immersed himself in archival recordings that helped him evoke the King of Soul's smooth tenor and stage presence.
After ‘Hamilton,’ Leslie Odom Jr. just wanted to be himself. Then the role of Sam Cooke came calling.|Thomas Floyd|January 14, 2021|Washington Post
Fagone’s book serves as the basis for a new PBS documentary, The Codebreaker, which uses archival letters and photographs to provide an inside look at Friedman’s life and work.
How America's ‘First Female Cryptanalyst’ Cracked the Code of Nazi Spies in World War II—and Never Lived to See the Credit|Suyin Haynes|January 11, 2021|Time

Scientific journals can set a priorityAs federal guidelines take shape, scientists themselves have a responsibility to ensure responsible specimen archival to foster the democratization of biological science through increased access.
How fossil preservation and public health are intertwined|By Colella & McLean/The Conversation|December 18, 2020|Popular-Science
And the way archival footage can be stored electronically has made it all much easier.
Sony Pictures Classics’ Michael Barker and Tom Bernard on Woody Allen and the State of Indie Film|Richard Porton|May 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His most recent book on Sudan is Compromising With Evil: An archival history of greater Sudan, 2007 – 2012.
Preventing Genocide In South Sudan|Eric Reeves, John Prendergast|April 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He selected archival museum pieces that coalesced with his vision.
What Drives Fashion Designer Dries Van Noten|Sarah Moroz|March 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lanzmann has always shunned archival footage; they are hardly used at all in Shoah or The Last of the Unjust.
Confessions of a Death Camp Collaborator: Claude Lanzmann’s ‘The Last of the Unjust’|Jimmy So|February 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The entire film consists of archival materials edited together into an impressionistic portrait of Nixon and his closest aides.
‘Our Nixon’ Producers Respond to Claims the Documentary Is ‘False’|Penny Lane, Brian L. Frye|August 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Here a great deal of archival work has been already accomplished.
The Ontario Archives|Alexander Fraser
The writer of this paper hopes soon to present archival proof of the far-reaching results of the seizure of Silesia.
The Russian Revolution; The Jugo-Slav Movement|Alexander Petrunkevitch, Samuel Northrup Harper, Frank Alfred Golder, Robert Joseph Kerner
This was the first work covering that period based on a scientific study of the archival sources.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 1|Various
Transcriber's Note: This errata prepared by the author/translator is included for historical and archival interest only.
My Friends the Savages|Giovanni Battista Cerruti
It is destroyed as a religion, it exists only as an archival science.
The Religious Spirit of the Slavs (1916)|Nikolai Velimirovic

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