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 The rooms are kept at 64.7 degrees, and their contents are managed by Kevin Shapiro, the band’s full-time archivist. Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025 The Laura Bush Librarian program grants support training for librarians and archivists. Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025 American Oversight pointed out that Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who also appeared on the Signal chat and is named in the lawsuit, is currently the acting archivist, giving him the legal responsibility to address the records breach. Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Mar. 2025 The head archivist was to be appointed by the president. Elizabeth Call, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for archivist
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  • Defense Minister Andrei Belousov, General Staff chief Valery Gerasimov, and National Security Council secretary Sergei Shoigu also attended.
    Mehmet Guzel, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
  • Qatar funded Representative Ilhan Omar’s trip to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and gave $1 million to the Clinton Foundation while Hillary Clinton was still serving as U.S. secretary of state.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
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  • Miami Herald reporter Milena Malaver contributed to this story.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 17 May 2025
  • The Sacramento Bee 916-321-1040 Darrell Smith is The Sacramento Bee’s Equity Lab reporter covering issues important to the Black community and diverse voices in the capital region.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • In an article recently published in the journal PLOS One, historians announced the discovery of Tel Shiqmona, an archaeological mound south of the Israeli city of Haifa.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2025
  • Being raised by a historian led her to follow her mother’s footsteps.
    Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 10 May 2025
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  • Representatives of the registrar of voters office did not respond to the La Jolla Light’s request for comment.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025
  • The county filed the complaint last month with the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center against Pope and the registrar, NameCheap Inc., of Phoenix.
    Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2025
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  • The truck was going 51 mph, as measured by the fire truck’s vehicle data recorder, at the time of the crash on a street where the speed limit is 35 mph .
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
  • Police received a search warrant for the event data recorder in the Dodge a few days later and found that the car was traveling at 85 mph less than one second before the crash, according to the affidavit.
    Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2025

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“Archivist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archivist. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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