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or counsellor
1
as in adviser
a person who gives advice especially professionally
a young couple going to a marriage counselor
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2
as in lawyer
a person whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients or to advise about legal rights and obligations
get the best counselor that money can buy, especially if you're guilty
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Recent Examples of counselor
For additional help, the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline has professional crisis counselors available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in over 170 languages.
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Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
According to his LinkedIn profile, Hyden worked as a substance abuse counselor and a program director for organizations directed at helping people facing homelessness.
—Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Barkan’s was one of several unsuccessful progressive campaigns Mamdani worked on before getting a job as a foreclosure prevention counselor at a nonprofit.
—Ben Adler, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
The next month, Holliday traveled to Akron and completed six sessions over two days at Emerge, according to a letter from Emerge counselors filed in a lawsuit.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
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Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
According to his LinkedIn profile, Hyden worked as a substance abuse counselor and a program director for organizations directed at helping people facing homelessness.
—Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Barkan’s was one of several unsuccessful progressive campaigns Mamdani worked on before getting a job as a foreclosure prevention counselor at a nonprofit.
—Ben Adler, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
The next month, Holliday traveled to Akron and completed six sessions over two days at Emerge, according to a letter from Emerge counselors filed in a lawsuit.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counselor
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Schlegel, a travel adviser from Arlington, Virginia, has told clients to not panic, to monitor their flights and to arrive at the airport early.—
JOSH FUNK,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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Just ahead of kickoff, ESPN's Jordan Reid reported that New York Jets GM Darren Mougey and senior football advisor, Rick Spielman, are both in attendance for the Indiana-Penn State matchup.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is preparing for his team of lawyers to make their argument in front of the top court, a case defending the state's Save Women's Sports Act, which prohibits those who were assigned male at birth from playing on competitive female sports teams.—
Lauren Linder,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Many others — Democrats, lawyers and other law enforcement officials — have watched the video with the conclusion that the ICE agent’s life was not at risk and the woman was not trying to ram her vehicle into him, based on the positioning of the tires.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
8 Jan. 2026
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The fees in question at Monday’s meeting are for a design review application, an environmental consultant, and the city attorney’s work on development agreements, among other things.—
JOSÉ LUIS VILLEGAS,
Sacbee.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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Dr Emma Craythorne, consultant dermatologist with SkinCeuticals, likes to use the Phyto Corrective Gel straight after treatments in order to cool the skin, and also topical antioxidants such as CE Ferulic or Silymarin CF in combination with LED devices.—
Kathleen Baird-Murray,
Vogue,
6 Jan. 2026
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The Star reached out to both Rice’s agent and an attorney who has represented him in the past, as well as the NFL, on the matter.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2026
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An attorney representing the bakery says there's a reason the owners live and work on the property.—
Austen Erblat,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Counselor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counselor. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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