completist
noun
com·plet·ist
kəm-ˈplē-tist 
: one who wants to make something (such as a collection) complete
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Because Jerry Stiller had died during COVID there was no memorial, and Ben simply thought of his shoots as a kind of cinematic equivalent of one: important to the family and comedy completists, of little interest to anyone else.
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
His Hedley Studios is now renowned worldwide for its know-how making such scale models—all of them drive-ready—and Hedley’s partnered with The Vault to share an exclusive experience with others who, like him, are classic car completists.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
Most of the crowd seemed to be Kanye completists, maybe, but not Kanye loyalists, if there are any of those left.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2025
But the old way of tuning into games—turning on a television and flipping channels—won’t be enough for the NFL completist.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
His Hedley Studios is now renowned worldwide for its know-how making such scale models—all of them drive-ready—and Hedley’s partnered with The Vault to share an exclusive experience with others who, like him, are classic car completists.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
Most of the crowd seemed to be Kanye completists, maybe, but not Kanye loyalists, if there are any of those left.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2025
But the old way of tuning into games—turning on a television and flipping channels—won’t be enough for the NFL completist.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Completist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/completist. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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