How to Use curator in a Sentence

curator

noun
  • And time is the great curator, of course.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • In April, curators cracked the book open to its first page.
    — Bryan West, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The poor curator is copping it but it shouldn’t be held against him.
    — Paul Newman, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2026
  • And then, the young curator closed the gallery and left to travel the world.
    — Lauren Smart, Dallas News, 30 July 2021
  • And, of course, the beloved curator Solange.
    — Essence, 13 May 2026
  • Most brands are thinking like playlist curators.
    — Derek Walin, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Just ask your preferred hair curator to leave a bit more length in the front of your pixie.
    — Audrey Noble, InStyle, 13 Jan. 2026
  • And that’s not to say that a curator can’t have original thoughts.
    — Jason Wyche, Hazlitt, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Ismael Cuevas, one of the show’s co-curators says.
    — Miguel Figueroa, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Lim has had a long and varied career as a film critic and curator.
    — Dennis Lim, The New York Review of Books, 13 June 2026
  • Bringing on Rivera as co-curator is a part of that vision.
    — Douglas Markowitz, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
  • Over the past couple years, who else on the team have been your supporting curators?
    — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Saffoe, the curator, had called and emailed nine people on his staff to prepare them for the worst.
    — Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2021
  • As curator, what most attracted you to the sisters’ work and why?
    — Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The curators seem to have licked a finger and held it to the political winds.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
  • Just as important, these shows let art fans size up the job curators are doing on their behalf.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Gispert, the show’s curator, says.
    — Amy Reyes, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
  • Chloe, one of the friends at the dinner, was an assistant curator at the Met.
    — Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
  • When the package was opened, the museum curators were shocked by what was inside.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
  • James Quandt is a film critic and curator based in Toronto.
    — James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • Miller added that not only was Movie Night back, but us lowly fans are its curators.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 28 June 2026
  • Fredrik Bolin had been the chief curator of painting and sculpture for almost three decades.
    — Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Adam Szymczyk is a curator and writer based in Zurich.
    — Adam Szymczyk, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The curators will swap things in and out as they get used to the eccentricities of the new building.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The show, which opened in August, will have three rotations, the curator says.
    — Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2022
  • When Joan passed away in 2013, her daughter took over the reins as curator.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • During her time on the reality show she was described as an event curator.
    — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Designing a small bedroom is less about shrinking your wish list and more about editing it with a curator’s eye.
    — Kristin Hohenadel, The Spruce, 29 June 2026
  • One of the few people to raise concerns at the time was the curator Tang Zehui.
    — New York Times, 21 June 2021
  • Gonchrarov maintained her own art practice for the duration of her career as a curator.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 8 Jan. 2026

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