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 In Metro Manila, there are as many as 70,000 unsold condos, according to property consultant Colliers Philippines. Ian Sayson, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025 Working with a trainer of behavior consultant to desensitize your dog to fireworks gradually. Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 4 July 2025 Gerald Bradshaw is an international college admissions consultant with Bradshaw College Consulting in Crown Point. Gerald Bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2025 But the day-to-day instability felt by restaurant workers and hotel managers often isn’t captured in traditional data, a gap that economic consultant Dan Gerlach says can obscure the strains of more vulnerable sectors. Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for consultant
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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
  • 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 24 Jul. 2025.

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