archiving

verb

present participle of archive
as in organizing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for archiving
  1. organizing
  2. compiling
  3. collating
  4. arranging
  5. clustering
  6. merging
Verb
  • Bookkeeping is the process of recording and organizing your business's day-to-day financial activity.
    — Carson Brunson, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the Union Syndicale Lycéenne, one of the high school student unions involved in organizing the demonstrations, suggested a much larger turnout of 450,000 people across the country.
    — Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of organizing
Verb
  • The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is compiling data now, Battle said.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Flores was the head coach of the Dolphins from 2019 to 2021, compiling a 24-25 record.
    — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of compiling
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  • Three centuries later, the librarians of Alexandria took charge of the text, collating competing versions, marking doubtful lines, imposing a measure of order on the teeming verses.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • Kanal was instrumental in collating over 500 artifacts.
    — Leena Tailor, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026
Definition of collating
Verb
  • Newsom was arranging a tour of Southern states later in the summer, specifically to get his face in front of South Carolinians.
    — Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026
  • When clients or surrogates travel to California for important medical milestones, Tang and Sonnenberg are often there themselves—arranging schedules, accompanying appointments, and ensuring that days defined by medicine retain a sense of humanity.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of arranging
Verb
  • But clustering the high-end systems is an investment only a subset of users will ever need to make.
    — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Keeping the molecules fixed within the plastic prevents them from clustering as easily.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of clustering
Verb
  • His hire comes a week after Deadline revealed Stewart was among those that had exited Banijay Rights in a shakeup that followed Banijay Entertainment merging with All3Media.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Mass Appeal and Whatnot are merging hip-hop, comics, art, fashion, sports and collectibles at this year’s New York City Comic Con.
    — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of merging
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“Archiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archiving. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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