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curate

[kyoor-it, kyoo-rayt, kyoor-ayt] / ˈkjʊər ɪt, kjʊˈreɪt, ˈkjʊər eɪt /
NOUN
assistant to priest or other minister
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They not only restock shelves and work the register, but curate outfits for shoppers and freely offer their takes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Smartphones have fooled us into thinking that we curate what our screens show us.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026

If you had to curate a quick three-book reading list that complements “Long Island Girls,” what would you pick?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

Like Camallere, they used AI image generators to carefully curate each scene in the story.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

Thomas Malthus had been a curate at the Okewood Chapel in Surrey by daytime, but he was a closet economist by night.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Beatles’ “Rubber Soul” has gotten the special deluxe treatment, with a bevy of new editions on CD, vinyl and Blu-ray and a museum show’s worth of expertly curated material released Friday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The fanfares are curated by Grammy nominee and singer Seth MacFarlane, best known as the creator and star of “Family Guy.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Today’s newsletter was curated by Tina Fuhr in London, in collaboration with Bharbi Hazarika and Allison Chopin in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Today’s newsletter was curated by Amira McKee and Liz Webber.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

She stepped, sideways, into the next gallery over, a special curated exhibit on the theme of Madonna and Child.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Here in Los Angeles, the task of curating L.A. artists fell heavily to Han Santana-Sayles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Coldplay's Chris Martin is curating the extravaganza, a first for a football World Cup final and one that has raised concerns over how long the game's halftime break will be.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

Exemplar Luxury Group plans to focus on its retail model and curating products for high-income consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Millington, who is curating the exhibition, said she felt Birmingham had forgotten "this prince of pop art".

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

Humans are incredibly efficient at plant and animal domestication, the process of selecting and curating prosocial hereditary traits for our own benefit.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026




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