archivist

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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Recent Examples of archivist Rubio became secretary of state on Jan. 21, 2025, the U.S. Agency for International Development administrator on Feb. 3, archivist of the United States on Feb. 16, and national security adviser on May 1. Haisten Willis, The Washington Examiner, 2 May 2025 Rubio is also the acting archivist of the United States. Dan Mangan, CNBC, 1 May 2025 Kubota was accompanied by Linda Canada, a former archivist and educational outreach coordinator at the Japanese American Historical Society in San Diego. News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025 The nature of guilt proves elusive as the archivists learn of the river chalet, a lovely little lodge where a cadre of young, industrious camp administrators went to rest and recharge, to rejuvenate before returning to work long and hard amid the smoke billowing from the crematoria. Karen D'souza, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for archivist
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  • During the ceremony, Jerry Miranda, secretary of the Fleet Reserve Association Branch 70, read the names of local veterans who have died within the past year.
    Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2025
  • The sheer complexity of a deal, which will take years to complete and require multiagency input, forced Trump’s first treasury secretary to shelve their sale, and experts believe the same hurdles pose significant challenges this time around, too.
    Haisten Willis, The Washington Examiner, 26 May 2025
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  • Peter Navarro, Trump’s top trade adviser, told reporters Thursday that the Administration will still find a way to implement the tariffs regardless of the court ruling on Trump’s use of emergency powers.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 30 May 2025
  • National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 14, 2025.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 29 May 2025
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  • Veterans and historians of the apartheid struggle say the song should not be taken as a literal call to violence, an assessment that a South African judge agreed with in a 2022 ruling.
    Eve Sampson, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • Made by History takes readers beyond the headlines with articles written and edited by professional historians.
    Time, Time, 22 May 2025
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  • In the meetings, Nuñez cast herself as a homegrown success story who rose from a summer job at the registrar’s office to the governor’s second-in-command — and now hopes to lead her alma mater full time.
    Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025
  • Results released by the registrar’s office on Wednesday afternoon showed 60.51% in favor of the measure and 39.49% against.
    Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 8 May 2025
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  • What investigators are looking for The voyage data recorder will provide crucial information about what went wrong, one transportation expert told CNN.
    Michelle Watson, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
  • On Monday morning, various teams were set up by the NTSB to look into nautical operations, marine engineering, bridge engineering, survival factors and recorders.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2025

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“Archivist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archivist. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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