curator

as in guardian
a person who is in charge of the things in a museum, zoo, etc. a curator seeking an addition to the collection

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Recent Examples of curator In the Curator’s Words is an occasional series that takes a critical look at current exhibitions through the eyes of curators. Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025 Through a selection of books, magazines and newspapers, the exhibition's curators show how Black publications experienced tremendous growth in readership, circulation and influence during the interwar years. Michelle Garcia, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2025 Ismael Cuevas, one of the show’s co-curators says. Miguel Figueroa, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025 Masquerade’s creative director, Shai Baitel, who has been working with Dylan as a curator for about eight years, thought of his acquaintance even before the space was finalized. Devon Ivie, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for curator
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Noun
  • Audience members must be at least 12 years old; anyone under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
  • According to The Cut, on top of paying for the unit, Williams's estate is responsible for the guardianship lawyer fees, paying her guardian, Sabrina Morrissey’s fees and her lawyer fees, who is on retainer at $10,000 a month.
    Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Mark Glende, Rosemount, is an elementary school custodian.
    Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The most visible plans are those devised by the same international custodians who have engineered postwar order elsewhere in the Middle East.
    Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In Season 1, Gillory was a janitor at the LAPD but become a full-time consultant after solving a murder case and impressing everyone with her IQ of 160.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Low-wage service workers, including cleaners, janitors, security guards, cafeteria workers and other staffers who keep buildings operating, are often out of luck.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In the first half, a Roldan shot from distance had Aussie keeper Mathew Ryan beat, but went just wide.
    Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Senior Zookeeper Allison Jungheim, who serves on the alliance’s management group as well as the polar bear program leader and studbook keeper for all polar bears in North America, says there are 56 polar bears in human care in North America, with 37 of them in the United States.
    Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
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  • But Posey is seeking a strong personality, not a dugout caretaker.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Three years ago, Lola was found brutally murdered in the trunk of a car outside the apartment building where her mother and father — Delphine and Johan Daviet — worked as caretakers.
    Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
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  • The project comes after Herard became the steward of L’s estate in 2020 and attained a proper accounting of what’s owned by, and owed to, the late rapper.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In the context of a school board, this means making decisions that prioritize student learning, creating safe and welcoming environments, and being good stewards of taxpayer dollars.
    Pioneer Press elections team, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025

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