as in adviser
a person who gives advice especially professionally
a consultant in public relations to a number of large corporations
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Recent Examples of consultant
The year before, a workplace survey conducted by leadership consultant Chris Kolenda similarly singled out Scharfenberg for cultivating a toxic work environment.
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Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
Logan completed paperwork to take a financial consultant job with the county that paid $150 per hour on Aug. 15, 2022, emails show.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Bass, 44, a pilot and airline consultant, gradually improved the delivery schedules, and Federal began to come out of its tailspin.
—Chase Peterson-Withorn, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Alana starred in 2021’s Licorice Pizza, Este served as a music consultant for the second season of HBO’s The White Lotus, and Danielle continued to collaborate outside of the group with artists including Bon Iver.
—Taylor Mims, Billboard, 23 June 2025
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Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
Logan completed paperwork to take a financial consultant job with the county that paid $150 per hour on Aug. 15, 2022, emails show.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Bass, 44, a pilot and airline consultant, gradually improved the delivery schedules, and Federal began to come out of its tailspin.
—Chase Peterson-Withorn, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Alana starred in 2021’s Licorice Pizza, Este served as a music consultant for the second season of HBO’s The White Lotus, and Danielle continued to collaborate outside of the group with artists including Bon Iver.
—Taylor Mims, Billboard, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consultant
adviser
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Like fellow venture capitalist David Sacks — a tech adviser to Trump — and Tesla, X and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Maguire has used social media to broadcast right-wing ideas and attack ideological foes.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
10 July 2025
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Massad Boulos, the U.S. senior adviser for Africa, took to X on Thursday to defend Trump.—
Jenny Goldsberry,
The Washington Examiner,
10 July 2025
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“Consultant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consultant. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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