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
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is also the current acting national security adviser, and in February of this year stepped down as acting archivist of the United States.
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Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 2 June 2026
Ellen Kramer is a lonely film archivist restoring a snuff film that was thought to be destroyed in a fire after WWII.
—Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
That's according to Stacey Peeples, the hospital's curator and archivist.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 25 May 2026
Hollywood archivists will appreciate all the new interview footage with an octogenarian Dern, and the endless compilations of film clips provide a foundation for anyone looking into Dern’s filmography for the first time.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 20 May 2026
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Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 2 June 2026
Ellen Kramer is a lonely film archivist restoring a snuff film that was thought to be destroyed in a fire after WWII.
—Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
That's according to Stacey Peeples, the hospital's curator and archivist.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 25 May 2026
Hollywood archivists will appreciate all the new interview footage with an octogenarian Dern, and the endless compilations of film clips provide a foundation for anyone looking into Dern’s filmography for the first time.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 20 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for archivist
Noun
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The woman who answered was a secretary.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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Becerra, a former Biden administration cabinet secretary, received nearly 28% of the vote followed by Hilton, a former Fox News host, receiving close to 25%, according to AP.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Addressing reporters for the first time since The Associated Press projected a November runoff between her and Mayor Karen Bass, Raman said residents are losing faith in the city’s ability to solve even basic problems and are demanding a different approach.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
11 June 2026
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Both of the accused will appeal the sentence within a month, a lawyer for one of the men, Choochat Kanpai, told reporters.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
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When reconstructing the Inquisition trial of a sixteenth-century northern Italian miller, historian Carlo Ginzburg encountered a line that would eventually inspire the title of his paradigm-shifting study The Cheese and the Worms.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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What modern Chicagoans know as Jackson Park and Washington Park were once envisioned as a single green entity called South Park, explained historian and preservation planner Julia Bachrach, who worked for the Chicago Park District for more than 25 years.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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The Pushing Daisies and Marcella star plays a fearsome and fearless doctor, who along with her second-in-command, registrar Dr Curtis Parker, leads a ragtag group of medical interns on their final chance at Pines Hospital.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
14 June 2026
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More than 782,000 Orange County voters’ ballots have already been counted for the June 2 primary election, data from the registrar of voters show.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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That’s what the board did in 2024, when the county circuit clerk, recorder, auditor and coroner positions all got raises following the 2024 election.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
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Graham said that federal investigators did not yet know whether the plane had a flight data recorder — often called a black box — on board.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
15 June 2026
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“Archivist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archivist. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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