as in secretary
a person who has the job of collecting and storing the materials in an archive
consulted with the archivist in conducting her research
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Business leaders and boosters—if not the public library’s archivist—thought rumors and legends and sub-cellars, basements, coal chutes, and other subterranean utility spaces made for a marketable product.
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JSTOR Daily, 20 Oct. 2025
In addition to her work at Iron Mountain, Kalas also heads the Academy Digital Preservation Forum, a platform where archivists, filmmakers, and technologists come together to swap ideas, share best practices, and tackle the challenges of keeping both digital and analog cinema safe for the future.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
Gordon, our inaugural archivist, is a fashion designer and the creative director of Carolina Herrera, and his own Manhattan apartment recently graced our September cover.
—Wes Gordon, Architectural Digest, 15 Oct. 2025
Hollace Ava Weiner, director of the Fort Worth Jewish Archives, is an author and archivist who wrote fulltime for the Star-Telegram from 1986 to 1997.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
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JSTOR Daily, 20 Oct. 2025
In addition to her work at Iron Mountain, Kalas also heads the Academy Digital Preservation Forum, a platform where archivists, filmmakers, and technologists come together to swap ideas, share best practices, and tackle the challenges of keeping both digital and analog cinema safe for the future.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
Gordon, our inaugural archivist, is a fashion designer and the creative director of Carolina Herrera, and his own Manhattan apartment recently graced our September cover.
—Wes Gordon, Architectural Digest, 15 Oct. 2025
Hollace Ava Weiner, director of the Fort Worth Jewish Archives, is an author and archivist who wrote fulltime for the Star-Telegram from 1986 to 1997.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for archivist
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In 1977, Rosalynn Carter started the tradition of the office of the first lady being located in the wing, alongside the social secretary.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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As health secretary, Kennedy has pledged to remove fluoride from municipal water, which, over decades, has proven safe and highly effective at preventing tooth decay in children.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
23 Oct. 2025
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For years, Wilson has been asked the same questions, either by reporters or friends back in Ontario.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Associated Press reporters Tim Reynolds in Miami, David Lieb in Jefferson City, Missouri, and Alan Suderman in Richmond, Virginia, contributed to this report.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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The canal connected increasingly specialized regions in the early US, explains historian Roger Ransom.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Oct. 2025
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While virtually every character — and performer — from 1942's Cat People returns, The Curse of the Cat People is, to this day, argued by most film historians as being a sequel in name only.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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Taylor, then the deputy registrar of the University of Leicester, was played in the film by English actor Lee Ingleby.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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Bae’s ruling addressed several of the core issues raised by the city — among them Simonds’ secondary review of the signatures and ability to overrule the registrar of voters’ determination — and concluded in favor of the Association for the City of La Jolla.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Oct. 2025
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The change would make the at-large races function more similarly to the races for mayor or clerk and recorder, both of which are citywide and require a majority vote, with a runoff if necessary.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
14 Oct. 2025
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Simpson—a photographer, a jewelry designer, and a writer—is, at base, a recorder of fashion.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Archivist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archivist. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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