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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But there’s something these obituaries are missing, writes Zach Utz, the former archivist of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the NIH.
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O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 15 May 2026
Variety will tap its vast archive and collaborate with NBCUniversal archivists to document milestone moments, with an emphasis on NBC’s legacy of innovation and its endurance as a cornerstone of media and entertainment business.
—William Earl, Variety, 13 May 2026
Lalami's novel, published in 2025, follows Sara Hussein, a digital archivist who is pulled aside at an airport by Risk Assessment Administration agents.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
In 2009, Mellencamp explained that the set’s archivist rediscovered this fact when digging through old demos.
—Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
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O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 15 May 2026
Variety will tap its vast archive and collaborate with NBCUniversal archivists to document milestone moments, with an emphasis on NBC’s legacy of innovation and its endurance as a cornerstone of media and entertainment business.
—William Earl, Variety, 13 May 2026
Lalami's novel, published in 2025, follows Sara Hussein, a digital archivist who is pulled aside at an airport by Risk Assessment Administration agents.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
In 2009, Mellencamp explained that the set’s archivist rediscovered this fact when digging through old demos.
—Literary Hub, 29 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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