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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Brian Welk, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2024
The claim: Video related to election machine failures in 'Trump-leaning' Pennsylvania counties
A Nov. 5 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a video of multiple people adjusting and re-arranging what appear to be vote-tabulating machines.
—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2024
Melissa Noel, Essence, 14 Oct. 2024
Even when our memory starts to give out, our faces and names will be archived for all of us to see.
—Jasmine Sessoms, The Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2024
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The cuts officially came as part of a reorg — the Academy has spent the last several months working on the structure of the archive, library, and museum.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2024
The claim: Video related to election machine failures in 'Trump-leaning' Pennsylvania counties
A Nov. 5 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a video of multiple people adjusting and re-arranging what appear to be vote-tabulating machines.
—Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2024
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The recordings collected throughout the three-year initiative will be archived in the Library of Congress, ensuring that these stories become part of the historical record.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 14 Oct. 2024
Even when our memory starts to give out, our faces and names will be archived for all of us to see.
—Jasmine Sessoms, The Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2024
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Having somehow returned, firmly, to the real world, the narrator decides to quit his job and start working in a library in a small, out-of-the-way town in Fukushima Prefecture.Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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That exuberant number is performed in the Shiz library, one of Crowley’s many design marvels, with its rotating cylindrical shelving and movable ladders.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
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On an afternoon when sophomore Nunu Agara stuffed the box score, compiling 16 points, nine rebounds, three blocks, two steals and two assists, Stanford easily handled Gonzaga, the preseason favorite to win the West Coast Conference.Justice delos Santos, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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This should also be sufficient to ensure all transactions are properly tracked and enough financial data is compiled to file taxes at year-end.Vlad Rusz, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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South Korean women organized it to protest a rise in anti-feminist movements following the election of conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol.Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
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The event, which was organized by a popular YouTuber who had recently received some attention for eating a tub of cheeseballs in a public park, captured lightning in a bottle.Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2024
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The shower head converts from single-serve to batch brewing with a simple twist.Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Track and trace is supported through the capture of batch serial numbers.Steve Banker, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Agents create a dossier by capturing and collating publicly available information.PCMAG, PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024
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Based on government data collated by UOB, FDI into the region climbed 2.7% to a record $230 billion in 2023 with more than 90% of the total passing through the bank’s key markets of Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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Therefore, scientists have evaluated the use of remote sensing tools and have systematized information from previous findings.Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2024
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To achieve this, companies should interview key experts and company employees to collect and systematize their knowledge and experience.Vitaliy Tymoshenko, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
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However, up to 90% of the sector’s emissions come from upstream and downstream activities (according to BCG, linked above), making helping customers adopt more sustainable technology practices critical.Carmen Ene, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Proposals for the redevelopment of the Civic Center go back almost 30 years, but the 2013 closing of Parker Center, the former LAPD headquarters, led to an ambitious plan that called for new offices, apartments and retail space linked by a series of paseos east into Little Tokyo.Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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Then the divers began to find porcelain, more than three hundred and fifty thousand pieces in all, many of them stacked in eerie columns, their wooden crates having rotted away.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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The research — and history — are stacked against permanent daylight saving time, however.Addy Bink, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Archive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archive. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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