chronologist

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Recent Examples of chronologist Work by dendro-chronologists and ice-core experts points to an enormous spasm of volcanic activity in the 530s and 540s CE, unlike anything else in the past few thousand years. Kyle Harper, Smithsonian, 19 Dec. 2017
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Noun
  • Rubio became secretary of state on Jan. 21, 2025, the U.S. Agency for International Development administrator on Feb. 3, archivist of the United States on Feb. 16, and national security adviser on May 1.
    Haisten Willis, The Washington Examiner, 2 May 2025
  • Rubio is also the acting archivist of the United States.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • Sixteen years later, police officers teamed up with a genealogist who use advanced technology to identify the killer.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
  • With this new information, officials — including volunteer genealogist Deborah Medina — were able to identify the missing girl.
    Sam Gillette, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Now, a new update has been given about Rodgers and his current situation by his biographer.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
  • Buy Now 13 of 15 ‘Mark Twain’ by Ron Chernow The Pulitzer-Prize winning biographer returns with a compelling account of author Mark Twain, tracing his life from his Southern childhood to his acclaimed literary career.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France.
    Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
  • William’s hagiographer, the monk Thomas of Monmouth, laid out this unsubstantiated account in excruciating detail, leading to the canonization of the dead boy; like mushrooms after rain, accounts of miracles arose around his tomb.
    Talia Lavin, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2020

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

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