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curator

[kyoo-rey-ter, kyoor-ey-, kyoor-uh-ter] / kyʊˈreɪ tər, ˈkyʊər eɪ-, ˈkyʊər ə tər /
NOUN
caretaker of collection
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Matt Shindell, space history curator at Smithsonian museum, told the BBC on the phone from the US that he found that image "very compelling".

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

At first the curator at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago had to make do with photos of the animal.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

"Right away, I knew it was something really special," says Voight, curator emerita of invertebrates at the Field Museum in Chicago and the lead author of the study describing the new species.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

And a Peter Higgs, he soon learned, was a longtime curator at the British Museum.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Hublin says, “We are always acquiring, yes? All across the world, industrialization endangers mineral deposits. We collect as many types of minerals as exist. To a curator, none is superior to any other.”

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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