curatorial
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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We live in a media world where “best of” lists abound, and can be taken to extremes—Rolling Stone can publish “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time” and pretend it has some curatorial significance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
"Tellus is currently the only museum to have a cast of Deinosuchus schwimmeri, so this is an experience our visitors can't get anywhere else," added Rebecca Melsheimer, the museum's curatorial coordinator.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
"His moody, meticulously composed silver gelatin portraits shaped how audiences saw stars like Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Dev Anand, Meena Kumari and Dilip Kumar," the curatorial note says.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
The abdication of curatorial responsibility here might have been at least partially forgivable if the show were stuffed with so much engaging work that finding a unifying through-line proved nearly impossible.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
In the economy department of the university, the commission, in all that falls under its management, has to maintain a correspondence with, and receive the approval of the curatorial office.
From The Student-Life of Germany by Howitt, William
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