curator

as in guardian
a person who is in charge of the things in a museum, zoo, etc. a curator seeking an addition to the collection

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Recent Examples of curator Los Angeles Nomadic Division is celebrating 15 years of championing the city’s artists, and cultural curator Anita Herrera is throwing a true Y2K L.A. quinceañera in its honor on April 26. Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025 The cuts touched six departments, including education, archives, publications, and advancement, with curators and management emerging unscathed. News Desk, Artforum, 18 Apr. 2025 More than 60 artists are will be setting up shop — transforming rooms into exhibition galleries — to offer their work to collectors, curators and general lookie-loos. Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025 The show was ably organized by Evans, who whittled the initial selection from Bachardy’s prodigious archive, with Dennis Carr, Huntington chief curator of American art, and Karla Nielsen, the library’s senior curator of literary collections. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for curator
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Noun
  • Since the org partnered with Three Camel Lodge in 2020 to expand the breeding program, visitors to the camp can meet the stoic (but still quite cute and fluffy) guardian dogs.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Today’s Wordle Etymology The word genie comes from the French génie, which was borrowed from Latin genius, meaning a guardian spirit or guiding influence.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Related article Young children, a substitute teacher, the head of their school and its custodian.
    John Miller, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
  • When the Dispatch caught up with Nesbit nearly 13 years after his capture, he had been paroled to St. Paul and was working as a custodian for a local business.
    Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2025
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  • An older African American painter Ed Clark (1926-2019) had pioneered this gambit earlier by painting with a janitor’s push broom.
    Holland Cotter, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Zoom in: The wage move affects employees of companies that contract with the federal government, such as janitors and food service workers.
    Emily Peck, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Isabella’s a keeper with an assistant-manager title in the near future.
    Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Callender was back in his usual role as Inter Miami’s starting keeper on Sunday night against Toronto FC at Chase Stadium.
    Andre Fernandez, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
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  • Lune acts as the caretaker of the group, documenting their adventures in notes left for future expedition groups to stumble across.
    George Yang, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The outgoing German coalition government led by caretaker Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reportedly blocked the sale in response to the Turkish government’s arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in March, the German Handelsblattbusiness newspaper reported Thursday.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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  • Donald Trump's once-unshakable image as a strong steward of the economy is facing a dramatic reversal, according to new polling, which suggests that the president's greatest political strength has become a major liability.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
  • The consumer journey has shifted from being spectators to sharers and now to stakeholders and stewards—individuals who don’t just buy from brands but shape their direction through feedback, investment and advocacy.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025

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“Curator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curator. Accessed 6 May. 2025.

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