How to Use archival in a Sentence

archival

adjective
  • This image is from Found, our archival blog that was popular on the Tumblr platform.
    Stephen Alvarez, National Geographic, 23 Dec. 2019
  • Documentary explores archival photos and home movies shot by Miles Davis and his colleagues.
    Houston Chronicle, 24 Oct. 2019
  • On the downside, critics have noted there’s little original new content yet, and also a lot of less impressive archival filler.
    James Hibberd, EW.com, 13 Nov. 2019
  • During that span, the band released 13 studio albums and dozens of live and archival performances featuring the group’s blend of country, rock and jazz.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Later, the program imposed a changing array of restrictions, whose evolution can be seen on archival versions of the program website.
    Charles Piller, Science | AAAS, 21 Nov. 2019
  • By itself, a website devoted to (possibly fake) dreams about Celine Dion is perhaps not our most urgent archival task.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2020
  • On the walls, archival photos depict the steamboats along Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
    Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • More scene-setting comes in the form of archival material from the exhibition in 1988 that involved Bahc and Paik.
    J.u-S., The Economist, 22 Oct. 2019
  • But grainy archival evidence can’t really deliver transcendence, and who will pause in their museumgoing to absorb the full 27 minutes?
    Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 18 Dec. 2019
  • The archival prints and puffy sleeves called to me, but the largest sizes sold out in seconds.
    Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2022
  • But this wasn't archival footage of White Southerners from the 1960s.
    John Blake, CNN, 1 Aug. 2020
  • An archival Coach style, the Swinger bag nods to the mini-bag moment of the early aughts.
    Nandi Howard, Essence, 1 Dec. 2020
  • The group's archival Facebook page later confirmed the news.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Baker, a dark-haired man with a steely gaze, appears in a few of the archival images.
    The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2022
  • See more archival photos from Brown’s first two terms in this piece from 2010.
    Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2021
  • 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, 23 Oct. 2020
  • For more on grilling, from how to choose charcoal to nearly 100 archival recipes, check out bonappetit.com/grilling.
    Dawn Davis, Bon Appétit, 15 July 2021
  • Twitter account captioned archival footage of Lynn singing a twangy duet with the Count.
    Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Made from acid-free and archival-safe polypropylene, these won’t lift copy off of papers.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 29 Apr. 2021
  • The film has great archival photos and film footage from Carter’s time with musicians.
    Will Coviello, NOLA.com, 25 Sep. 2020
  • So far in 2020, Neil Young has put out at least three archival releases.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2020
  • Instead the documentary rewinds through the archival footage to a kiss — before the time, before the crime.
    Lisa Kennedy, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2020
  • That the archival footage is repurposed in the film is in part a metaphor for the complexity and poignancy of the passing of time.
    The New Yorker, 12 May 2021
  • Rare archival footage will also be shown throughout the series.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Through archival media and faithful recreations, viewers ride along on a trip that changed the world.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 8 Sep. 2020
  • So these archival prints really capture what life was like in the early 1900s.
    Carisha Swanson, House Beautiful, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The filmmaker has gone through years of archival footage, with the cooperation of the Bowie estate.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Dempsey's character was killed off in season 11 and has only been seen in archival footage since.
    Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 13 Nov. 2020
  • For a day spent hunting vintage (both Beckhams have quite the closet full of vintage and archival treasures), the couple wears a mix of their favorites, both old and new.
    Madeline Fass, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Williams said in an archival interview with the Television Academy.
    Dallas News, 30 Jan. 2023

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