How to Use consular in a Sentence

consular

adjective
  • British officials have said that has hobbled what their consular staff can do to help.
    Elian Peltier, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2020
  • The consular chief turned his photos and notes over to the FBI.
    Debora Patta, CBS News, 2 July 2023
  • Germany said the consular section of its embassy was hit, but was empty at the time.
    Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The seizure of consular staff of any status or rank is highly unusual.
    Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2019
  • At the end of the audio, a consular official offers to call the girl’s aunt.
    Ginger Thompson, Houston Chronicle, 18 June 2018
  • After waiting their turn, people go to the first desk where their records are checked on the consular database.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2023
  • And Tongans will still have to fly to Fiji for most consular services.
    Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
  • Lawyers and consular affairs officials have been able to speak with the basketball star, but her wife has not.
    Eric Tucker and Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2022
  • Carstens said officials have not been able to meet with Gershkovich or gain consular access to him.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Even if consular staff verify them, agents may still challenge migrants’ claims to their children.
    Molly Hennessy-Fiske, latimes.com, 8 May 2018
  • The offices do consular work and organize trade and cultural events.
    Ralph Jennings, latimes.com, 9 June 2018
  • They have been denied access to their families, lawyers and consular officials for months at a time.
    James Griffiths, CNN, 1 Sep. 2020
  • Marines said consular officials there disappeared for 12 hours at a time.
    Mirzahussain Sadid, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2022
  • But most of my time was spent in consular affairs, which is the part of the State Department that does this work.
    Donald Heflin, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The loss of embassy and consular personnel inhibits those functions.
    Chris Gordon, WSJ, 26 Mar. 2018
  • His wife has not been able to speak with him since, nor have the United States consular staff, despite requests to do so.
    Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 13 July 2021
  • On the line was the head of consular services for the UK—more than two days and nights after I had been seized.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Britain and Libya suspended their consular ties for years after the incident.
    Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Since then, both sides have restored some consular services and resumed diplomatic contacts.
    Ken Moritsugu, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The embassy later lifted the shelter-in-place order and said its consular section will remain closed.
    Ibtissem Guenfoud, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Bond amounts are at the discretion of consular officers, subject to guidelines.
    Monica Pitrelli, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The size of the bond is up to a consular officer’s discretion, according to the notice, and may vary from case to case.
    Chad De Guzman, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The closure includes consular sections in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Gutiérrez was the first consular appointment at the local level by the new government.
    Soudi Jiménez, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023
  • Price did not identify the official who had been granted consular access to Griner.
    Doug Feinberg, The Arizona Republic, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Britain, which has a large contingent, has sent consular officials to the site, a foreign office spokesperson said.
    Reuters, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Many are held in remote facilities far from legal services or consular support.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
  • As of Sunday, consular services at the Kyiv embassy will be suspended.
    CBS News, 12 Feb. 2022
  • The embassy said on X that the building housed a consular section and the ambassador’s residence.
    Michael Levenson, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The hotel’s 14 rooms are split between the city’s old consular headquarters and an ancient Spanish church.
    Alice Newell-Hanson, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Mar. 2018

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