Thesaurus results for CURATORS

curators

noun

plural of curator

as in guardians

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 curators The audio guide has roughly two hours of recordings by museum curators, conservators, educators, and horticulturists. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026 The curators know who was in the regiment — Company B, 2nd Regiment of the Maryland Eastern Shore Volunteers — based on military records. — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026 The curators are expecting at least seven hundred thousand visitors over ten months. — John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026 There are no talking-head interviews with curators, scholars, or artists, and minimal contextualization of Hammer’s work within the broader narrative of 20th-century art history. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 But British Museum curators say the closure of the Bayeux Museum for refurbishment provided the opportunity for the work to travel on loan. — Mark Rice-Oxley, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026 They were then led along the length of the tapestry, as curators pointed out the key moments depicted within it. — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026 Korean auteurs Lee Chang-dong, Na Hong-Jin and Kim Jeewoon round out the lineup, the latter appearing as one of this year’s three Carte Blanche curators. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Sep. 2026 As curators unraveled the truth behind the images, the album soon made headlines and ignited a debate that reverberated far beyond the museum walls. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026

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Parents or guardians of minors could have been held responsible for administrative penalties.

— Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Noschese recommends the parents and guardians of her clients to attend the presentation.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of guardians

Noun

California is set to launch such a database by next summer for school support staff, such as bus drivers and janitors, with substantiated claims of egregious misconduct.

— Holly McDede, ProPublica, 31 Aug. 2026
Landon built relationships with the janitors and grounds crew, always stopping to chat.

— Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of janitors

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Any school district employee — including bus drivers, custodians, front-office staff, aides and administrators — can get a small (16-ounce) hot or cold drink of their choice.

— Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 11 Sep. 2026
Process owners are becoming the custodians of enterprise autonomy, a responsibility that’s arriving faster than most teams expected.

— Rajesh Gharpure, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

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So Wingard amicably parted ways with Godzilla’s keepers in order to reconnect with the types of films that first put him on the map.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Of course, some of those saves will have seen ’keepers hold onto the ball or push it out of play, but others will have presented an opportunity for a rebound.

— Cerys Jones, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of keepers

Noun

During his testimony, the prosecution produced a spiral notebook in which Clancy had left instructions for caretakers on when to put down the baby, which vegetables to prepare for dinner, how to cut up the sweet potatoes.

— Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
In Manon Coubia’s visually arresting film Forest High, solo caretakers keep the fires burning in a remote Alpine chalet where weary hikers find modest lodgings.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026

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