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21 Jan 2026 • 2 min read
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arch / arch-

27 February 2026 Arch, in English, encompasses three broad senses. It can be a combining form signifying chief or high as in archangel or archbishop, it can mean clever or cleverly humorous, and it can mean a curved structure or to make a curved structure. Of these, the combining form,
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