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 Simon Njami is an independent curator and a lecturer, art critic, and essayist. Simon Njami, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025 The Muse Market in Los Gatos will feature over 40 independent brands, artists, designers and curators. Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025 At Loc-Dieu Abbey, seventy-five miles north of Toulouse, the local curator uncrated the seventeenth-century paintings of Nicholas Poussins to check on their condition. Christopher C. Gorham september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025 Roughly 15 years ago, curator Robert Leath brought it to the attention of Anthony Parent, a history professor at Wake Forest University. Mollie Barnes, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for curator
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Noun
  • Madeley will play Aunt Medora, Ellen’s former guardian.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Anna Madeley as Aunt Medora, Ellen’s lively, amoral aunt and former guardian.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Comey was, and is, doing what that NASA custodian was doing – serving his country with passion and pride.
    Billy Ray, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
  • On May 18, 2022, Baker filed an affidavit requesting an arrest warrant for Skeet and three of his ranch hands, including Leroy Medlin, the county custodian at the time.
    Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Aside from the amphitheater’s good-natured janitor Beppo (Kim Bodnia), Momo’s most meaningful relationship is her friendship with Gino (Araloyin Oshunremi), a teenager working multiple jobs to help his mother Liliana (Jennifer Amaka Pettersson) support his siblings.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The great quarterbacks are janitors for organizational messes, smoothing over the cracks and making a bad team look competent for three hours.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Norwegian striker first looped the ball over the keeper to give City the lead before later leaping highest to power home for his second after Monaco had equalised through a brilliant Jordan Teze finish.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Lester Smith, who had been working at Abbey Road since 1970, was the keeper of Abbey Road’s microphone collection, which then totaled eight hundred–plus — all of them kept in good repair and still used to this day.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Five years later Augusta had a stroke, with Ed acting as primary caretaker.
    JR Radcliffe, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Five years later Augusta had a stroke, with Ed acting as primary caretaker.
    JR Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Destination franchise producer and steward Craig Perry and franchise veteran Sheila Hanahan Taylor are back producing, as are Jon Watts and his wife, Dianne McGunigle, along with Toby Emmerich.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The Ferrari driver will be heading to the stewards to discuss the incident, which will likely lead to a financial penalty for the Maranello outfit.
    Lydia Mee, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025

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