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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 archivists
In 2024, archivists opened parcels from the Anne-Marie cargo ship, which was seized by the British Navy during the Second Battle of Copenhagen, finding a sweater, stockings, silver coins and other items from the ship.
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CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
If approved by a majority of the 40 eligible members, the union would represent the museum’s full- and part-time educators, archivists and marketing and development staff.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
Writer Eric Twardzik zooms in on a small circle of dealers, archivists, and longtime Ralph devotees drawn as much to the brand’s ethos as to the clothes themselves.
—John Vorwald, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2026
For more than a year, Ricker has worked with government engineers, archivists and National Parks personnel to develop a device that will insulate and preserve dozens of present-day documents from natural elements, like water, oxygen and temperature fluctuations, for the country’s 500th anniversary.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
Here are eight takes on the cover-friendly storage solution, fit for design fiends, bookworms, and archivists alike.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 18 Feb. 2026
The Ḫattuša archivists developed a catalog and corresponding metadata — titles taken from the first words of each text, brief descriptions of contents, genre classifications, and the like.
—Big Think, 9 Feb. 2026
People will also be asking who has a building big enough for our subset group of archivists documenting, artists making things, community organizers gathering, professors panicking, singers singing, parents guarding in order to gather us together again.
—Angela Pelster, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
For many filmmakers, publishers, programmers, and archivists, Public Domain Day is one of the most consequential dates on the creative calendar.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Dec. 2025
CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
If approved by a majority of the 40 eligible members, the union would represent the museum’s full- and part-time educators, archivists and marketing and development staff.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
Writer Eric Twardzik zooms in on a small circle of dealers, archivists, and longtime Ralph devotees drawn as much to the brand’s ethos as to the clothes themselves.
—John Vorwald, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2026
For more than a year, Ricker has worked with government engineers, archivists and National Parks personnel to develop a device that will insulate and preserve dozens of present-day documents from natural elements, like water, oxygen and temperature fluctuations, for the country’s 500th anniversary.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
Here are eight takes on the cover-friendly storage solution, fit for design fiends, bookworms, and archivists alike.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 18 Feb. 2026
The Ḫattuša archivists developed a catalog and corresponding metadata — titles taken from the first words of each text, brief descriptions of contents, genre classifications, and the like.
—Big Think, 9 Feb. 2026
People will also be asking who has a building big enough for our subset group of archivists documenting, artists making things, community organizers gathering, professors panicking, singers singing, parents guarding in order to gather us together again.
—Angela Pelster, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
For many filmmakers, publishers, programmers, and archivists, Public Domain Day is one of the most consequential dates on the creative calendar.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for archivists
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Among other things, the Pentagon announced that the Correspondents’ Corridor, the journalist workspaces, would be closed, with plans to move reporters to an annex outside the building.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2026
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As the Times reporters Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman revealed this week in their in-the-Situation Room account of how Trump decided to start the war, no one in his Cabinet of courtiers had the guts to challenge his mistaken assumptions.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2026
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As ever, what readers can learn about the past is limited by what witnesses were willing to say or write down, and what historians are willing to research.—
Chad S.A. Gibbs,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2026
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There's no single definitive origin story for the Mardi Gras Indians, but historians have found references to the tradition dating back to the mid-1800s.—
Bill Whitaker,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Other defense secretaries have committed forces only after a thorough examination of the risks and alternatives — and after making careful plans that account for all foreseeable contingencies.—
Steve Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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The panel’s members include the secretaries of agriculture, interior and the Army, the chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisers, and the administrators of both the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.—
Matthew Brown,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
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Historically, observers were also charged with registering voters at polling stations and local registrars’ offices with the specific goal of assisting disenfranchised minorities.—
Allison Mashell Mitchell,
The Conversation,
1 Apr. 2026
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And in ordinary academic buildings and offices tucked up in the corners of the athletic department, university registrars and academic advisors were setting their hair on fire, trying to figure out how to approve transcripts and shoehorn new students into classes that were already full.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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