How to Use archival in a Sentence

archival

adjective
  • The archival prints and puffy sleeves called to me, but the largest sizes sold out in seconds.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 2022-02-10
  • Made from acid-free and archival-safe polypropylene, these won’t lift copy off of papers.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 2021-04-29
  • There are no talking-head experts and no archival footage or photos.
    — Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 2018-05-02
  • Thanks to his archival pile, the retrieval was made that much easier.
    — NBC News, 2018-06-13
  • Much of the project's power is in its archival potential.
    — Emily Dreyfuss, WIRED, 2018-06-25
  • Rare archival footage will also be shown throughout the series.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 2020-03-03
  • She will, however, still be shown in archival footage throughout.
    — Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com, 2021-12-06
  • Baker, a dark-haired man with a steely gaze, appears in a few of the archival images.
    — The New Yorker, 2022-04-26
  • The film has great archival photos and film footage from Carter’s time with musicians.
    — Will Coviello, NOLA.com, 2020-09-25
  • But the archival research to locate the lost cities continued.
    — Laura Millan Lombrana, Bloomberg.com, 2017-12-20
  • The group's archival Facebook page later confirmed the news.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 2022-12-16
  • The program draws on resident accounts, archival footage and home movies.
    — Hal Boedeker, orlandosentinel.com, 2019-07-07
  • Through archival media and faithful recreations, viewers ride along on a trip that changed the world.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 2020-09-08
  • See more archival photos from Brown’s first two terms in this piece from 2010.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2021-01-06
  • The image fades and a screen erupts with a montage of close-up archival battle footage and big-volume sound.
    — John Bordsen, ajc, 2017-12-13
  • One of the groups used archival observations to search for signs of the gas in the planet’s clouds, and didn’t find it.
    — Nadia Drake, National Geographic, 2020-10-23
  • For more on grilling, from how to choose charcoal to nearly 100 archival recipes, check out bonappetit.com/grilling.
    — Dawn Davis, Bon Appétit, 2021-07-15
  • Frey is using that work, coupled with photos and other archival pieces, to guide the restoration now.
    — Jennifer Conn, Akron Reporter, cleveland.com, 2018-03-16
  • An archival Coach style, the Swinger bag nods to the mini-bag moment of the early aughts.
    — Nandi Howard, Essence, 2020-12-01
  • For packrats with an archival stash of tapes, the CT200 is a no-brainer.
    — Paul Schrodt, WSJ, 2018-12-18
  • Instead the documentary rewinds through the archival footage to a kiss — before the time, before the crime.
    — Lisa Kennedy, New York Times, 2020-10-08
  • So far in 2020, Neil Young has put out at least three archival releases.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2020-12-13
  • Parise told Spraker some of the records that go back to May 2014 are now kept on archival tapes.
    — Author: Naomi Klouda, Anchorage Daily News, 2018-02-08
  • So these archival prints really capture what life was like in the early 1900s.
    — Carisha Swanson, House Beautiful, 2021-09-16
  • But this wasn't archival footage of White Southerners from the 1960s.
    — John Blake, CNN, 2020-08-01
  • Nixon is glimpsed a few times in crooked silhouette through the windows of the White House, his real voice heard from archival tapes.
    — Christian Lorentzen, New Republic, 2017-12-14
  • The filmmaker has gone through years of archival footage, with the cooperation of the Bowie estate.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 2022-09-16
  • In addition, archival footage will be made available for kids and adults on Fridays at 5:30 p.m. ET.
    — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 2020-04-07
  • The archival content is great to have, and that currently goes back as far as the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 2018-05-11
  • There will also be a lot of archival footage, as well as chats with some of the behind-the-scenes folks, including Lorne Michaels and Jeff Zucker.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2021-04-26

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