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historian

[hi-stawr-ee-uhn, -stohr-] / hɪˈstɔr i ən, -ˈstoʊr- /
NOUN
student of history
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"There were certain professional fields where there were a lot of party members, for example civil servants and teachers," the historian told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Young adults said there was often pressure from delivery companies who use deals and discounts to entice them, meanwhile a food historian has said our changing workplace culture had also had an impact.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

“This amounts to a real right to bail in hundreds of thousands of cases, which previously in California might have led to detention,” said Kellen R. Funk, a legal historian at Columbia Law School.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

My job as a historian, regardless of the topic, is to denaturalize what we take for granted.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

"It was just the most devastating event in world history...that somehow didn't happen," according to the historian Martin Sherwin.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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