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
The consultant also recommends that the authority create a nonprofit management organization, with an executive director, to oversee project development.
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Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
The council also OK’d a plan to contract with a consultant for public engagement services.
—City News Service, Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
Kathryn Anne Edwards is a labor economist, independent policy consultant and co-host of the Optimist Economy podcast.
—Kathryn Anne Edwards, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
A couple of years earlier, consultant company McKinsey forecast AI will add trillions to the global economy, while emphasizing job losses can be mitigated by training workers to do new things.
—Christos Makridis, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
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Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
The council also OK’d a plan to contract with a consultant for public engagement services.
—City News Service, Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
Kathryn Anne Edwards is a labor economist, independent policy consultant and co-host of the Optimist Economy podcast.
—Kathryn Anne Edwards, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
A couple of years earlier, consultant company McKinsey forecast AI will add trillions to the global economy, while emphasizing job losses can be mitigated by training workers to do new things.
—Christos Makridis, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consultant
adviser
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On January 27, 1973, the United States and the governments of North and South Vietnam signed the Paris Peace Accords, negotiated by Kissinger, in his capacity as Nixon’s national-security adviser, and the North Vietnamese diplomat Le Duc Tho.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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In 2022, Shan Hanes, the chief executive of the Heartland Tri-State Bank in Kansas, met a friendly investment adviser from Australia on WhatsApp.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Consultant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consultant. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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