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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 Before Vine was gone for good, volunteer internet archivists preserved many of its videos for posterity and Divine used this archive to restore some of the internet’s favorites. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026 Earlier this year, Giordano, then the archivist of Stars and Stripes, showed us what Pershing had in mind. — David Martin, CBS News, 22 Aug. 2026 Before archivists can preserve a record, the record must survive long enough to make it into their hands. — Steven Melendez, Scientific American, 2 July 2026 Christine Roussel, a Rockefeller Center archivist, decided to investigate exactly how this photo came to be, and Lunch on a Beam is the delightful result. — Air Mail, 20 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for archivist

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Sullivan is a former Marine and Iraq War veteran who served as an assistant secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs under President Barack Obama.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
In November, voters in 26 states will elect a secretary of state, choosing the officials who will oversee the 2028 presidential race throughout most of the country.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

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But historians believe it was probably stitched by women in southeast England, not far from the site of the battle.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
For years, French cultural authorities and historians argued that the tapestry could not withstand a long journey to Britain.

— Mark Rice-Oxley, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026

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The police called in the FBI to help with the investigation and the bureau provided the campaign manager with a covert recorder that was used on July 31 to document a meeting between him and Ross, the complaint said.

— Luke Barr, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Dean Logan, registrar-recorder and county clerk for Los Angeles County, also said the issue is far from settled.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

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