curator
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, ˈkyər-; kyu̇-ˈrā-; ˈkyu̇r-ə-, ˈkyər-
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, ˌkyər- \
adjective
, ˈkyər- ; kyu̇-ˈrā- ; ˈkyu̇r-ə- , ˈkyər- \
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After years as chief curator of New York’s Museum of Modern Art and director of its edgy offshoot in Queens, MoMA PS1, Mr. Biesenbach, who was born and raised in Germany, has decamped to the West Coast. — Kelly Crow, WSJ, "A Star Curator Falls in Love With Los Angeles," 27 Apr. 2019 Paola Antonelli, MoMA’s senior curator of architecture and design and director of research and development said. — Olivia Martin, Town & Country, "Lexus Presents Seventh Annual Design Award Winner to Lisa Marks," 18 Apr. 2019 Maira Liriano, the chief librarian and curator of the center’s Green Book collection, told me. — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, "Green Book builds a feel-good comedy atop an artifact of shameful segregation. Yikes.," 7 Jan. 2019 There were always dogs, Gregory R. Weidman, curator for both the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine and Hampton National Historic Site, tells SELF. — Jen A. Miller, SELF, "When My Dog Died, I Discovered a Thriving Pet Funeral Industry I Never Knew Existed," 9 Apr. 2019 Then there’s Gretchen (the inimitable Toni Collette), another major player who ditches her curator role for a new position as art advisor, seemingly for the sheer pleasure of annoying her former colleagues. — Candice Frederick, Harper's BAZAAR, "Netflix's Velvet Buzzsaw Shouldn't Work—But It (Mostly) Does," 3 Feb. 2019 There’s a Steam curator dedicated to WINE-compatible games, multiple websites (including part of WINE’s) dedicated to the same, and so on. — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, "Steam may get tools to play Windows games on Linux and Mac, code deep-dive finds," 16 Aug. 2018 Nonprofit organizations and businesses can also serve as curators. — Alison Lake, Washington Post, "Resident Curator program offers a historic Virginia home for lease. Repairs needed.," 27 May 2018 Nelson continued to be the driving force behind the collection of local historical memorabilia, farming equipment and implements and served as the museum's curator until his death. — Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, "Funeral service set for Johnny Nelson, longtime Katy official," 23 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'curator.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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