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
His sister was the family archivist and quite literally just had a box of undeveloped film.
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025
The announcement sparked uproar among local historian and archivists.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
But Campau is an archivist first and foremost.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
The edition includes interviews with cinematographer Larry Smith and Kubrick archivist Georgina Orgill, archival material with Christiane Kubrick, and documentaries exploring the director’s unfinished projects and legacy.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025
The announcement sparked uproar among local historian and archivists.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
But Campau is an archivist first and foremost.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
The edition includes interviews with cinematographer Larry Smith and Kubrick archivist Georgina Orgill, archival material with Christiane Kubrick, and documentaries exploring the director’s unfinished projects and legacy.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for archivist
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In an amicus brief filed on Thursday, a group of former secretaries of the Army and Navy and retired four-star admirals and generals encouraged Judge Perry to express caution about the broader use of the National Guard in domestic operations.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
9 Oct. 2025
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D’Alimonte spent over a decade at Paramount Global and its predecessor, Viacom, most recently as executive vp, general counsel and secretary.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
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Sydney Sasser is a business reporter with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.—
Sydney Sasser,
Arkansas Online,
11 Oct. 2025
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As an editor at The Star, Cummings has worked with reporters in breaking news, local government accountability, politics, investigations and service journalism, among others.—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Oct. 2025
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Most historians believe Gunness would first poison her suitors, then finish them with an ax or by bludgeoning — afterward dismembering the corpses and burying what remained.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Modern scholarship on its formative role in women’s lives, and vice versa, took an important turn in 1980, when two young historians published landmark books on the subject—second books, because each had been told that a dissertation on a topic quite so pots-and-pans wouldn’t do.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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However, the registrar of voters office said in March that the group fell 1,027 short of the number required because of signatures determined to be invalid or in need of information such as a date or an address.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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For families with online businesses, losing credentials to the website, registrar, email, commerce platform, accounting tools, or payment processors can interrupt revenue, create compliance risk, and jeopardize continuity.—
Jamie Hopkins,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The police seized two of her husband’s phones, a camera, and a video recorder, as well as a laptop, a USB key, and an SD card.—
Jeanne Malle,
Air Mail,
4 Oct. 2025
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Anderson says, suddenly noticing the red light on my recorder.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Archivist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archivist. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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