archivist

Definition of archivistnext
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 As archivist Maddie DeLaere has noted, the mag’s purview was capacious. Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 15 June 2026 The Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, archivist, Marco Rubio, compared UFC at some level to the moon landing. ABC News, 14 June 2026 Decades later an archivist researches both, to lovely effect. Caroline Killilea, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026 City attorney may be ousted in primary Until this primary, an incumbent city attorney had made the runoff in Los Angeles since 1933, according to a city archivist. Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for archivist
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  • Also in contention are Nirav Shah, a former public health official, and Shenna Bellows, the current Maine secretary of state.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • According to Hisham el-Leithy, secretary general of the SCA, the city was built around wide north-south roads intersected by east-west streets, creating open public spaces.
    Anne Doran for ARTnews, Robb Report, 7 July 2026
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  • Mexico’s government has already issued 11 diplomatic notes of protest to the US over the deaths of its citizens, Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco told reporters.
    Mauricio Torres, CNN Money, 12 July 2026
  • In some of the cases, the subpoenas were delivered by federal agents who showed up at the reporters homes, the newspaper said.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026
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  • Indeed, the role of first lady has long been traditional — so much so that historians note the exceptions, such as Eleanor Roosevelt and Hillary Clinton.
    Jenny Jarvie Follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Much of the report focuses on historian Anthea Hartig, who has led the National Museum of American History since 2019 and is the museum's first female director.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 6 July 2026
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  • As an internet domain registrar and web hosting company, GoDaddy bears the risk that CSAM may be hosted on its platform and has the technical ability to disable the website and remove the content.
    Bhakti Mirchandani, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • But registrars in Orange and Los Angeles counties have already certified their election results, so voters have a fairly clear picture of who will be on their ballots in the fall.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 7 July 2026
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  • For the distortion Richards played an acoustic guitar in open tuning into the microphone of a cheap cassette recorder, with Watts accompanying on a basic drum kit.
    René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 July 2026
  • Former Mesa County clerk and recorder, trusted local Republican Sheila Reiner, has repeatedly emphasized that all of the election result records from the 2021 election remain intact and can be audited at any time.
    The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 7 July 2026

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“Archivist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archivist. Accessed 12 Jul. 2026.

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