consort 1 of 3

consort

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noun (2)

consort

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verb

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Recent Examples of consort
Noun
And who better than she, Isabel, daughter of Belial, handmaiden to Asmodeus and beloved of Baal, to serve with her regal bearing as his consort? Charles Portis, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025 Advertisement Holi has its origins in Hindu mythology and lore and celebrates the divine love between the Hindu god Krishna and his consort Radha, and signifies a time of rebirth and rejuvenation. Associated Press, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
But he is detested by western militiamen, and is also known to consort with extremists. Alessandra Bocchi, WSJ, 13 July 2021 Not all biographers truly consort with creativity, but Lee does, so her books have a creativity of their own, deepening and sometimes altering one’s sense of the individual talent. Andrew O’Hagan, The New York Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2021 See All Example Sentences for consort
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consort
Verb
  • Law enforcement officers raided a San Francisco home Tuesday associated with Devastating Pyrotechnics, the fireworks company linked to a deadly explosion last week in Esparto.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2025
  • Durability While ceramic cookware is often associated with fragility, not all clay is equal.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 9 July 2025
Verb
  • In her tutorial, Cox applies the concealer under her eyes, between her eyebrows, on her cheekbones, and around her nose before blending the product out with a brush — effectively brightening her under eyes and the high points of her face while evening out her skin tone.
    Maggie Horton, People.com, 8 July 2025
  • Pro-government preachers across the country have suddenly begun blending iconic, pre-revolutionary patriotic songs into Shiite religious rituals—a mix of nationalism and Islamism that the regime historically avoided but now appears eager to embrace.
    MOHAMMAD AYATOLLAHI TABAAR, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • After all, snowmobiles can’t smell seals or polar bears, nor travel quietly enough to avoid scaring off potential prey.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 10 July 2025
  • Like the name suggests, these mule sneakers are easy to wear and travel in.
    Hillary Maglin, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2025
Verb
  • This scrutiny is compounded by data indicating that higher levels of traditional education can sometimes correlate with longer periods of unemployment after graduation.
    Michael Hansen, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • The numbers themselves are surprisingly difficult to correlate, as some studies count only fully-remote workers, others track the jobs themselves, and others include hybrid positions.
    Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 28 June 2025
Verb
  • The pair of outsiders initially bond over being the rare scholarship students at their chilly New England Catholic school.
    Literary Hub July 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
  • The two have also bonded about their Mexican-American heritage.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • That corresponded to images shot Sunday by Maxar Technologies similarly showing the ongoing work.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 July 2025
  • Instead, subscribers answer questions online, correspond with medical professionals virtually and get the prescribed drugs in visually pleasing packages delivered discreetly to their homes.
    Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
Verb
  • Cross-Silo Collaboration Barriers AI developers attempting to collaborate across silos (such as government agencies) where data sharing is challenging or explicitly forbidden are able to exchange synthetic datasets.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • Outside of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, Cameron collaborated with Zach Hill and Janet Weiss on a 2013 album called Drumgasm.
    Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 7 July 2025
Verb
  • The Northeastern Forest Fire Protection Compact and Northeast Coordination Center coordinated the deployment.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 4 July 2025
  • Last month, the Baltic governments met to coordinate a mass evacuation plan in the event of war, possibly spurred by fears over Zapad 2025, a large joint Russian-Belarusian military exercise.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2025

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“Consort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consort. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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