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
  • Lalami's novel, published in 2025, follows Sara Hussein, a digital archivist who is pulled aside at an airport by Risk Assessment Administration agents.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
  • In 2009, Mellencamp explained that the set’s archivist rediscovered this fact when digging through old demos.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Costs increase for those hiring an attorney or genealogist.
    CBS News, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • But costs will climb for those seeking help from an attorney or genealogist.
    Sarah Raza, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • According to his biographer Walter Isaacson, Musk disabled Starlink access within a hundred kilometers of the coast of Crimea in September 2022 in order to prevent an attack by Ukrainian drone submarines on the Russian Navy.
    Ben Tarnoff, Big Think, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Royal biographer Robert Hardman also sees a bit of Queen Elizabeth II in the young royal, who is the late monarch's great-granddaughter.
    Emma Banks, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026
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 13 May. 2026.

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