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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Secret police employed a total of 150,000 informants during these four decades, according to estimates from the state security archives, but records survive for only around a third of them.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Following the singer's death, research by staff at Conwy council's archives suggested Parton's ancestors were from Machynlleth, in Powys, not Conwy as previously thought.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 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
About 90 percent of the tablets in the earliest known Sumerian archives, from the city of Uruk, are clerical records of goods paid in, workers given rations, and agricultural products distributed.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
