curated

[ kyoor-ey-tid ]

/ ˈkyʊər eɪ tɪd /

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adjective

(of a museum, gallery, or similar collection) provided with expert oversight and direction by a professional curator: Richards focused on the use of light to bring to life the internal gallery spaces and their curated exhibits for the visitor.

carefully gathered, sifted, chosen, and organized: The store carries cookware and appliances as well as a superbly curated selection of furniture, lamps, rugs, and other decor.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of curate.

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Origin of curated

curate + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM curated

un·cur·at·ed, adjective

Words nearby curated

curare, curarine, curarize, curassow, curate, curated, curate's egg, curative, curator, curb, curb appeal

How to use curated in a sentence

What to do with data you’ve saved for personal useWhether you’re saving tagged photos of yourself from Facebook or building an impressively curated library of memes, the main thing to consider is redundancy.
How to save important photos and video from the web|John Kennedy|January 19, 2021|Popular-Science
Twitter will also be streaming the ceremony via its US Elections Hub, where it says it will share curated Moments, Lists and accounts to follow as well.
How Twitter is handling the 2021 US presidential transition|Natasha Lomas|January 15, 2021|TechCrunch
Except that it has learned to recognize images not from labeled examples in curated data sets, as most existing models do, but from images and their captions taken from the internet.
This avocado armchair could be the future of AI|Will Heaven|January 5, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Most Saturdays we post a curated collection of our favorite articles from the week.
These Were the 15 Most-Read Singularity Hub Stories of 2020|Singularity Hub Staff|December 26, 2020|Singularity Hub

We commissioned five cartographers to create maps of Massachusetts using a curated data set provided by the map center.
Truth in mapping|Katie McLean|December 18, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Here is our carefully curated list of the top cities to visit in 2015.
Next Stop, Quito: Our Top Cities for 2015|Brandon Presser|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His colleague at the British Museum, Dr. Jeremy Hill, who curated the 100 Objects book, opted for the word processor.
We All Have a Rosebud in Our Pasts|Sam Roberts|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She wants to let the carefully curated pictures do the talking.
Celebrities, STFU About Your ‘Privacy’|Tim Teeman|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Jennifer Lawrence has long been praised for her authenticity in a Hollywood elite full of all-too-carefully curated personalities.
Jennifer Lawrence Shouldn’t Laugh Off Her Nude Photo Hack|Samantha Allen|September 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Campbell describes the books on his shelves as a “curated” collection.
Amazon Won’t Kill the Indie Bookstore|Bill Morris|July 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST