consorts 1 of 3

plural of consort

consorts

2 of 3

noun (2)

plural of consort

consorts

3 of 3

verb

present tense third-person singular of consort

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for consorts
Noun
  • The other two, one in Miami and another in Tallahassee, were both filed by various voting rights groups on the same day DeSantis signed the bill — April 1.
    Liv Caputo Herald, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Investigators were combing through the area in large groups, searching the ground for possible clues.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • A lot of churches don’t have the financial means to pay talented and efficient musicians — especially keyboard players — to work with their choirs.
    Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Two large choirs also joined the orchestra at the sessions in April, which took place at Alexandra Palace in north London.
    Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Only 13% of current billionaires are women—but as men over the age of 60 dominate the ultra-rich cohort, more than 1,235 female spouses (representing 90% of billionaire partners) will inherit a sizable chunk in the next decade.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The two leaders and their spouses will join King Charles III and Queen Camilla for a private viewing of the 230-foot (70-meter) tapestry, a 1,000-year-old symbol of Anglo-French relations that depicts the Norman conquest of England in 1066.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • What being Southern meant to his father—and the values Duane associates with being a Southern gentleman.
    Sid Evans, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The productivity boom everyone associates with the personal computer didn’t actually show up in the macro data until 15 years after the PC was commercialized.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 July 2026
Verb
  • What could be better than a book that can be read in one long gasp and which blends Wharton’s biting social commentary with sublime flights about the body and the seasons?
    Merve Emre, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Intertwining past and present, the film fluidly blends color dramatic sequences with black-and-white archival footage, newsreels and amateur home movies.
    Alissa Simon, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Lemon mostly worked in personnel groupings with Smith and Wicks.
    Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The Phase One regional groupings for the Leagues Cup were as follows.
    Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • From concept development to flight qualification The US company and its partners have already passed several development milestones since the program started.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Kyrylo Budanov, Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, said representatives of Ukraine’s European partners, from France, Germany and the United Kingdom, were also in Kyiv.
    Samya Kullab, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • That claim will be put to the test against one of California’s best teams next week, when Mission Viejo travels to Sacramento to play Folsom High.
    Caleb Otte, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Carter Nylon Cargo Backpack My 56-year-old mom never travels without a backpack to easily store her medicines, snacks, chargers, laptop, and even spare clothes in the compact bag.
    Alyssa Morin, InStyle, 3 Sep. 2026
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“Consorts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consorts. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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