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 Guest curators of the free exhibition include Nile Rodgers and the Last Dinner Party; watch a video of the latter group discussing the archive. Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 9 July 2025 Julie Aronson, curator of American paintings, sculpture and drawings at the Cincinnati Art Museum, said Duveneck would have grown up in the Greenup Street home with his family, who immigrated from Germany. Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 Jessica Ware, the curator of invertebrate zoology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and one of the project’s principal investigators, leads a research group for cockroaches and termites. Madeline Bodin, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025 Wintour, along with museum curators and close friend Tom Ford, orchestrates every detail, including the dress code, food and seating arrangements. Edward Segarra, USA Today, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for curator
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Noun
  • The council will also consider measures to hold parents and guardians accountable for their children's actions, including fines and parenting classes for repeat violations.
    Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 8 July 2025
  • Riding on the laurels of military success in Iran, Netanyahu and Trump envision themselves as guardians of the free world.
    Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, Time, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • If students are expected to produce original thoughts when demonstrating their learning, shouldn't instructors, as custodians of intellectual integrity, be held to a similar standard regarding the materials and feedback used to teach?
    Nate Bennett, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Crofts was working as a custodian at the city’s development services office when he was arrested Wednesday.
    Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • How many janitors and clerks—who commute for hours from Tehran’s poorest suburbs—are now dead or injured?
    Siamak Namazi, Time, 25 June 2025
  • The janitors who clean their classrooms don’t have a four-year limit before being forced to find another job.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • Wyatt Kaiser is 22 and looks like a keeper.
    Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Callender was back in his usual role as Inter Miami’s starting keeper on Sunday night against Toronto FC at Chase Stadium.
    Andre Fernandez, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The group also has planted dozens of trees and restored a 100-year-old caretaker’s cottage.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025
  • In 2019, the Brown family sued White,his parents and his medical caretakers for failing to realize how White's disorder could result in harm to others and not properly controlling his behavior.
    Maryam Ahmed, Austin American Statesman, 3 July 2025
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  • Producers include longtime franchise stewards Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley, with Spielberg and Denis Stewart exec producing.
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 1 July 2025
  • It’s meant to thrill, not replicate a steward’s report.
    Kanzah Maktoum, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025

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“Curator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curator. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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