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
Chief Inspector Lola Castro asks Agata, a young autistic police archivist working in criminal records to bring documents of a similar death.
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John Hopewell, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
The estate has hired archivists and engineers to catalog and digitize the remaining 55 percent of the work in the vault that’s undocumented.
—Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 21 Apr. 2026
What archivists found inside changed the story entirely.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
At Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, scholars and archivists have recently opened a major new window into Rosenwald’s legacy.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
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John Hopewell, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
The estate has hired archivists and engineers to catalog and digitize the remaining 55 percent of the work in the vault that’s undocumented.
—Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 21 Apr. 2026
What archivists found inside changed the story entirely.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
At Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, scholars and archivists have recently opened a major new window into Rosenwald’s legacy.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for archivist
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Protections from war, natural disasters or other crises Created in 1990, the program allows the Department of Homeland Security secretary to protect immigrants already in the United States from being deported to countries experiencing war, natural disasters and other emergencies.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Instead, the statute requires the Homeland Security secretary to terminate TPS if the review finds that conditions justifying the designation no longer exist.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Jonathan Dienst Jonathan Dienst is chief justice contributor for NBC News and chief investigative reporter for WNBC-TV in New York.—
Tom Winter,
NBC news,
7 May 2026
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Paris Barraza is a reporter covering Los Angeles and Southern California for the USA TODAY Network.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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Gang historian Alex Alonso said the gang unit’s hyper-aggressive style of policing has alienated generations of Black and brown Angelenos.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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During the interwar years, several tacticians and historians became advocates for the new style of fighting that emphasized mobility, mechanization, and cohesive operations.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
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Check out the map below, courtesy of the Orange County registrar of voters’ office, to find the nearest vote center or ballot drop box to you for the 2026 primary election.—
Oc Register,
Oc Register,
1 May 2026
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County registrars will now validate signatures from both ballot measures and report the results to Secretary of State Shirley Weber, whose office will ultimately rubber-stamp the proposals to appear on voters’ ballots.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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According to the Riley County recorder of deeds, the building is two stories tall and contains 70 beds.—
Eleanor Nash
Updated May 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 May 2026
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Meanwhile, the county auditor-controller, clerk-recorder and two Superior Court judges are running without an opponent.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Archivist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archivist. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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