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archivist

[ahr-kuh-vist, -kahy-] / ˈɑr kə vɪst, -kaɪ- /
NOUN
annalist
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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

Cliff reflected on the song in 1986, telling reggae archivist Roger Steffens: "The essence of my music is struggle. What gives it the icing is the hope of love."

From BBC Nov. 24, 2025

Historians are divided, with Athens' Benaki Museum's head archivist Tasos Sakellaropoulos calling the tomb a "place of silent collective memory and respect, not of pain or anger" in Kathimerini daily.

From Barron's Oct. 23, 2025

Two tiny figures made their way through the center of it: Magister Brangwain Spurge and the goblin archivist Werfel, fleeing from the crashed sphere.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin




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