archivist

noun

Definition of archivistnext
as in secretary
a person who has the job of collecting and storing the materials in an archive consulted with the archivist in conducting her research

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Recent Examples of archivist As archivist Maddie DeLaere has noted, the mag’s purview was capacious. — 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 See All Example Sentences for archivist
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  1. secretary
  2. reporter
  3. historian
  4. registrar
  5. recorder
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  • If the extension isn't granted, that doesn't mean the nearly 207,000 low-income, working-age Arkansans covered by Medicaid expansion would lose coverage altogether, according to department secretary Janet Mann.
    — Nathan Ansell, Arkansas Online, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The carrier was expected to replace the Lincoln, which the acting navy secretary, Hung Cao, said last week would be returning home soon.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of secretary
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  • Maury Povich has lived many lives — radio news reporter, anchorman, talk show host, podcast entrepreneur, husband of Connie Chung.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Aug. 2026
  • People hearing those stories—attorneys, reporters, healthcare workers or friends—may expect a clearer, linear narrative.
    — Michele Patterson Ford, Scientific American, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of reporter
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  • But Scott Burnstein, a mob historian and journalist from Detroit, says Cacioppo has connections with figures involved in the mob.
    — Jack Harvel August 17, Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Modern historians overwhelmingly agree that immigration profoundly shaped Rome’s demographics and history, yet some have argued that there was little sense of immigrant community at Rome.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of historian
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  • Coinbase and Its Partner Traced the Operation Coinbase and its partner DarkTower traced the operation's infrastructure to a domain registered through a Hong Kong registrar, just days before the letters began arriving in mailboxes.
    — Shehan Chandrasekera, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • She is survived by her husband, the Democratic registrar of voters in Tolland; their daughters and husbands, Stacey and Steve Papa and Meryl and Bill Baldwin; and grandchildren Kyle, Taylor, Lindsey, Max and Sydney.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of registrar
Noun
  • Ownership does not depend on a county recorder, transfer agent, bank balance sheet, or corporate domicile.
    — Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Many bylaws or CC&Rs say that HOA owners or members are record owners, meaning that a deed is on file in the county recorder’s office documenting that the person is an owner.
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of recorder

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