archivist
noun
ar·chi·vist
ˈär-kə-vist 
-ˌkī-
: a person who has the job of collecting and storing the materials in an archive
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As archivist Maddie DeLaere has noted, the mag’s purview was capacious.
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The Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, archivist, Marco Rubio, compared UFC at some level to the moon landing.
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Decades later an archivist researches both, to lovely effect.
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City attorney may be ousted in primary Until this primary, an incumbent city attorney had made the runoff in Los Angeles since 1933, according to a city archivist.
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Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 15 June 2026
The Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, archivist, Marco Rubio, compared UFC at some level to the moon landing.
—ABC News, 14 June 2026
Decades later an archivist researches both, to lovely effect.
—Caroline Killilea, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
City attorney may be ousted in primary Until this primary, an incumbent city attorney had made the runoff in Los Angeles since 1933, according to a city archivist.
—Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
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“Archivist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archivist. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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archivist
noun
ar·chi·vist
ˈär-kə-vəst
-ˌkī-
: a person in charge of archives
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