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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The court documents don't indicate that any rare books were destroyed in this process—Anthropic purchased its books in bulk from major retailers—but archivists long ago established other ways to extract information from paper.
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ArsTechnica, 25 June 2025
Judge James Boasberg ordered Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the acting archivist, to collect any Signal messages belonging to top Trump administration officials and refer them to the Justice Department.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 21 June 2025
Mills also found research from Carol Laun, the former archivist for the Salmon Brook Historical Society, which gave him more insight about the family.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
But as in the United States, many archivists, historians, and activists—along with members of the general public —today seek to better understand and reckon with the past.
—Time, 17 June 2025
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ArsTechnica, 25 June 2025
Judge James Boasberg ordered Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the acting archivist, to collect any Signal messages belonging to top Trump administration officials and refer them to the Justice Department.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 21 June 2025
Mills also found research from Carol Laun, the former archivist for the Salmon Brook Historical Society, which gave him more insight about the family.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
But as in the United States, many archivists, historians, and activists—along with members of the general public —today seek to better understand and reckon with the past.
—Time, 17 June 2025
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“Archivist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archivist. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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archivist
noun
ar·chi·vist
ˈär-kə-vəst
-ˌkī-
: a person in charge of archives
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