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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In January 2020, the three states that most recently ratified the ERA — Illinois, Nevada, and Virginia — sued the archivist in the District of Columbia in an attempt to get the court to force the National Archives to publish the amendment.
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Sarah Bedford, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
Those reels were later rediscovered in 2002 by Edwin and Arno Konings, Dutch twins and Sly and the Family Stone archivists, and carefully restored by co-producer Palao.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 5 June 2025
According to the archivist in Philadelphia, the film was dropped off at a drugstore on the corner of Allegheny Avenue and Broad Street.
—Liz Crawford, CBS News, 5 June 2025
The Grateful Dead returns to a number of Billboard rankings this week with yet another entry in its hugely successful Dave's Picks series — a collection that now includes more than 50 full-lengths curated by longtime archivist David Lemieux.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
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Sarah Bedford, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
Those reels were later rediscovered in 2002 by Edwin and Arno Konings, Dutch twins and Sly and the Family Stone archivists, and carefully restored by co-producer Palao.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 5 June 2025
According to the archivist in Philadelphia, the film was dropped off at a drugstore on the corner of Allegheny Avenue and Broad Street.
—Liz Crawford, CBS News, 5 June 2025
The Grateful Dead returns to a number of Billboard rankings this week with yet another entry in its hugely successful Dave's Picks series — a collection that now includes more than 50 full-lengths curated by longtime archivist David Lemieux.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
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On Monday, after the Tribune’s story on Johnson’s lobbying team was published online, Williams filed paperwork with the Illinois secretary of state’s office to register the city of Chicago as one of his lobbying clients.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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The clause requires presidential appointment and Senate confirmation for officials in significant positions of authority – such as cabinet secretaries and other top agency officials.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
28 June 2025
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Other congressional reporters arriving at Capitol Hill today passed these exhausted Senate reporters on their way out.—
Mackenzie Thomas,
The Washington Examiner,
1 July 2025
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The three courses finished on Dec. 9, according to the online course catalog. Reached on his cellphone Friday, Snyder declined to comment and directed an Idaho Statesman reporter to the university.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
1 July 2025
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Some of the history includes airport land that was once used by the U.S. Army for Morris Field during World War II. CLT became Charlotte Army Air Base in April 1941, just months before the war, according to museum historians.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
26 June 2025
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The lecture, and the historian's YouTube page, went mostly unnoticed for a year, generating only a handful of views.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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The lawsuit said the Justice Department received a complaint from a family member of a non-citizen in Orange County who had allegedly received an unsolicited mail ballot from the county registrar, despite their citizenship status.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
25 June 2025
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The county filed a complaint in April with the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center against Pope and the registrar, NameCheap Inc., of Phoenix.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2025
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Production worked with Mercedes AMG, the Formula 1 team and their engineers to build real race cars that could carry the film’s camera equipment — recorders and transmitters.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
28 June 2025
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Maricopa County recorder Justin Heap sued his fellow Republicans on the county's board of supervisors on Friday, after a monthslong battle over which powers his position holds.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 June 2025
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“Archivist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archivist. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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