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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.
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Kyle Harper, Smithsonian, 19 Dec. 2017
Kyle Harper, Smithsonian, 19 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chronologist
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More than a dozen people would serve on the commission, including the director of the Maryland Historical Trust, state archivist, secretary of the Department of Juvenile Services, secretary of General Services and the Prince George’s County executive, or their designees.—
William J. Ford,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Feb. 2026
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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
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Barbara Rae-Venter, an expert genealogist who worked on the DeAngelo case, said patience often is needed in high-tech sleuthing.—
Ed White,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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Investigating a cold case In October 2024, U.S. Park Police exhausted traditional methods to identify John Doe and asked for help from the DNA Doe Project, which uses genetic genealogists to identify unknown people.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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But where there might be a distinction is between the actions of the family and the future of the monarchy, said Jonathan Dimbleby, the King’s biographer and friend.—
Jamie Timson,
TheWeek,
20 Feb. 2026
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David Greenberg, a historian at Rutgers University and a biographer of the civil-rights leader John Lewis, told me that the right could have made a persuasive case against the excessive preoccupation with slavery and racial politics that some on the left have shown.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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But only hagiographers believe that one man created today’s France.—
Stephen Kotkin,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Apr. 2024
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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 28 Feb. 2026.
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