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 Pharaoh's tomb discovered by archaeologists in Egypt Dr. Josef Wegner, Penn Museum curator who is based in Philadelphia, recently uncovered a groundbreaking discovery: an unknown pharaoh's tomb, dating back 3,600 years. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025 That's a unique lifespan in the history of robotic exploration of the planets, according to Matt Shindell, the space history curator at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. Scott Neuman, NPR, 20 May 2025 The theme and the museum's spring 2025 exhibition was inspired by guest curator Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book, Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity. Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 9 May 2025 Popular with the public in its day, Art Deco was rejected by the art and academic community in favor of the International Style, a sleek, minimalist sensibility seen in the works of practitioners like Richard Neutra and Philip Johnson, curator of a landmark 1932 MoMA show on the subject. Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for curator
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Noun
  • Most rides have a family waiting area for parents or guardians to switch off with kids who either can’t or don’t want to ride.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 23 May 2025
  • As the guardians are overrun, June is lowered to safety and the other prisoners are freed.
    EW.com, EW.com, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • To further preserve the complete privacy of the conclave, the support staff — including chefs, cleaners and custodians — all took an oath of secrecy, of which the punishment for breaking it is excommunication, CBS News reported.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 6 May 2025
  • The school board approved the closing of three elementary schools and the elimination of 19 teaching jobs and more than 100 other jobs, including 25 custodians.
    Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • Peter Dinklage plays the title role, a janitor who becomes a CEO-fighting vigilante after falling into toxic waste and transforming into a mutant with superhuman size and strength.
    Ben Rosenstock, Time, 16 May 2025
  • My mom was a janitor, my father was a trash man, my grandmother served food for 25 years for the community.
    Isaiah Mikhail, Essence, 13 May 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
  • On July 1, 2025, the state of Connecticut’s Department of Administrative Services will become the owners and caretakers of this land and the $63 million in reserves.
    Sarah McCoy, Hartford Courant, 18 May 2025
  • Her interactions with his caretaker, Ada, evolve into a tense psychological cat-and-mouse game with potentially fatal consequences.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • On May 22, a piece of that lineage will find a new steward when this 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Lungo Cabriolet crosses the auction block through RM Sotheby’s in Milan.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 14 May 2025
  • Conrad Moran has worked as a lounge steward at Goodison through its many ups and downs.
    Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 14 May 2025

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