consular
adjective
con·sul·ar
ˈkän(t)-s(ə-)lər 
: of, relating to, or of the nature of a consul or a consul's office or duties
consular responsibilities
A lot of his consular work involves issuing visas to Americans bound for the Alps—and Hitz happens to run a travel agency.—
Hugh D. Menzies
Hugh D. MenziesIn Cicero's day, consular hopefuls behaved as politicians always have and forever will.—Lionel Casson
Lionel CassonExamples of consular in a Sentence
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Today in history On this day in 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower announced the United States was formally terminating diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2024
Voters in France’s other overseas territories of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyana and French Polynesia, and those voting in offices opened by embassies and consular posts across the Americas cast their ballots Saturday.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 30 June 2024
In May, the government of the United Arab Emirates detained for weeks a teenage Chinese activist who was transiting through the Dubai airport and allowed Chinese consular officials to try to coerce him into returning to China.
—Yana Gorokhovskaia, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2022
Travel to Macau should be reconsidered because of the U.S. government's limited ability to provide consular services there.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
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Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2024
Voters in France’s other overseas territories of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyana and French Polynesia, and those voting in offices opened by embassies and consular posts across the Americas cast their ballots Saturday.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 30 June 2024
In May, the government of the United Arab Emirates detained for weeks a teenage Chinese activist who was transiting through the Dubai airport and allowed Chinese consular officials to try to coerce him into returning to China.
—Yana Gorokhovskaia, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2022
Travel to Macau should be reconsidered because of the U.S. government's limited ability to provide consular services there.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
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“Consular.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consular. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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