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archivist

noun

Definition of archivist

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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At one point during my tenure, my professional responsibilities included those of executive director, development director, communications director, program director and board secretary.

— Patrick Riccards, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
The race to replace Whitmer In the governor’s race, Michigan's secretary of state, Jocelyn Benson, seems poised to clench the Democratic nomination over Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson.

— Diana Paulsen, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

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And for broadcast leaders, please keep investing in reporters and tools to serve the traveling public.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 9 Aug. 2026
The political reporter, who has worked in news settings since high school, says he’s seen the industry evolve and struggle to preserve relevancy in some ways.

— Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026

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Elle Shushan, a miniaturist paintings expert and art historian Graham Boettcher, who serves as director of the Birmingham Museum of Art, are two of the experts that have helped guide and exhibit their collection.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
The 365-page book, which includes a foreword from author and presidential historian Douglas Brinkley, is written in both prose and poem form.

— George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of historian

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The Bayeux Tapestry‘s journey to the British Museum was made possible by a remarkable team of conservators, registrars, engineers, and specialist art handlers whose work is rarely seen by the public—and the Times of London has given them their due.

— George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Those eligible to vote can visit the state’s online voter registration portal to sign up, apply in person to your town clerk or registrar, or download a paper form in English or Spanish and mail it in to your town’s registrar of voters office.

— Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026

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After that, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Team, which had been monitoring Didulo for months, obtained a search warrant for her home, computer, smartphones, and digital video recorder.

— Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
In their grandmother’s home in a small town on the Malabar coast, an audio-recorder draws Meen into a world of traces.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026

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