archivist
noun
ar·chi·vist ˈär-kə-vist 
-ˌkī-
: a person who has the job of collecting and storing the materials in an archive
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The estate has hired archivists and engineers to catalog and digitize the remaining 55 percent of the work in the vault that’s undocumented. —
Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 21 Apr. 2026 At Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, scholars and archivists have recently opened a major new window into Rosenwald’s legacy. —Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026 What archivists found inside changed the story entirely. —Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026 For the past decade, a team of scholars, librarians, and archivists have used bibliographical clues—including inscriptions and bookplates—to piece back together a record of Schomburg’s groundbreaking collection. —Laura E. Helton, Literary Hub, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for archivist
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Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 21 Apr. 2026 At Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, scholars and archivists have recently opened a major new window into Rosenwald’s legacy. —Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026 What archivists found inside changed the story entirely. —Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026 For the past decade, a team of scholars, librarians, and archivists have used bibliographical clues—including inscriptions and bookplates—to piece back together a record of Schomburg’s groundbreaking collection. —Laura E. Helton, Literary Hub, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for archivist
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“Archivist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/archivist. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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archivist
noun
ar·chi·vist ˈär-kə-vəst
-ˌkī-
: a person in charge of archives
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