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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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STRONGEST


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In 1937, the first gold arrived at Fort Knox—‘our modern-day El Dorado,’ as Yale curator John Stuart Gordon calls it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Amgueddfa Cymru's curator, Ceri Thompson, oversees the Aberfan collection that has grown in recent years.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

She is a poet, musician, activist, sound designer, organizer, curator, visual artist and Afrofuturist visionary.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

The 79-year-old president asked a curator if he could “have taken Elvis in a fight.”

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

At first it had seemed like it was going to be a boring trip, because they spent the whole morning with the curator of the Asian Art Museum.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi




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