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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chronologist
Noun
  • The announcement sparked uproar among local historian and archivists.
    Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
  • But Campau is an archivist first and foremost.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • According to the district attorney, an investigative genealogist with the Columbus Police Department traced the man’s DNA and identified McNulty as a potential suspect.
    Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The district attorney’s office said an investigative genealogist then worked with the suspect's DNA profile and ultimately identified McNulty as the possible perpetrator.
    Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • However, some reports have suggested that B intimated to the biographer that the singer's bandmates and his best friend, Mary Austin, had been aware of her existence.
    Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The biographer who revived the reputation of our first Secretary of the Treasury—and incidentally launched a trillion amateur rap battles—set his sights on a beloved American satirist this year.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 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 10 Sep. 2025.

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