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archivist

[ahr-kuh-vist, -kahy-] / ˈɑr kə vɪst, -kaɪ- /
NOUN
annalist
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Peter Kormylo, archivist at the Ukrainian Prisoner of War chapel in Lockerbie where Petrov attended services, said the whole community was upset by the death of a young man who would be "forever 21".

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

A trained art conservator, she is the unofficial archivist for our grade-school class.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Agency for International Development, as well as the acting archivist of the United States.

From Salon ● May 8, 2026

She calls me a hoarder, but I prefer the term family archivist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025

My own list emblazoned in my brain, I manage to find a dozen files for the deceased members of the Forty-Eighth in about twenty minutes, all with no sign of the archivist returning.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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