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as in advisers
a person who gives advice especially professionally
a young couple going to a marriage counselor
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as in lawyers
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 counselors
The district is making counselors available to all students and families affected by the tragedy.
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2026
This emphasis on wholesome working-class respectability is heedless of the ’60s rushing toward them, a decade that, by 1958, the other counselors have prematurely embraced.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 18 May 2026
Patients can consult their primary care physician for referrals to genetic counselors.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 15 May 2026
In one scene, Little Death lays outrageously bloody waste to the frisky incoming counselors of Camp Miasma (played by Zach Cherry, Quintessa Swindell, and Eva Victor, among others) in a long take set to a needle drop that shouldn’t be spoiled but that adds up to something worthy of blissing out to.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 14 May 2026
The district is also prepared to slash counselors, bilingual coordinators, sports, and music programs.
—Aida Mogos, CBS News, 13 May 2026
Climb employees can access programs for emerging leaders, mentorship connections, job shadowing opportunities, and financial wellness initiatives, and can even become certified credit union financial counselors.
—Sponsored Content, Denver Post, 13 May 2026
Chapter 21 contracts account for roles such as certified teachers, principals, counselors, librarians and full-time nurses.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 May 2026
The committee, which included teachers, administrators, counselors, nurses and social workers, cross referenced this frequent flyer list with student grades to identify students who were struggling and missing a lot of class.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2026
This emphasis on wholesome working-class respectability is heedless of the ’60s rushing toward them, a decade that, by 1958, the other counselors have prematurely embraced.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 18 May 2026
Patients can consult their primary care physician for referrals to genetic counselors.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 15 May 2026
In one scene, Little Death lays outrageously bloody waste to the frisky incoming counselors of Camp Miasma (played by Zach Cherry, Quintessa Swindell, and Eva Victor, among others) in a long take set to a needle drop that shouldn’t be spoiled but that adds up to something worthy of blissing out to.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 14 May 2026
The district is also prepared to slash counselors, bilingual coordinators, sports, and music programs.
—Aida Mogos, CBS News, 13 May 2026
Climb employees can access programs for emerging leaders, mentorship connections, job shadowing opportunities, and financial wellness initiatives, and can even become certified credit union financial counselors.
—Sponsored Content, Denver Post, 13 May 2026
Chapter 21 contracts account for roles such as certified teachers, principals, counselors, librarians and full-time nurses.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 May 2026
The committee, which included teachers, administrators, counselors, nurses and social workers, cross referenced this frequent flyer list with student grades to identify students who were struggling and missing a lot of class.
—Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counselors
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Publicists now have to function as strategists, festival advisors, marketers, audience builders, and expectation managers navigating an industry that has more parties than ever competing for shares of a shrinking pie.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
18 May 2026
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The advisors who are winning here are the ones who stay close to their clients, not just to their numbers, but to what’s actually happening in their lives.—
David Mozeika,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Altman can turn his full attention back to the other side of the Bay Bridge, where his company is based, but only after Musk’s lawyers introduced a host of potential issues for prospective investors to consider.—
Ashley Capoot,Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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Other invoices showed lawyers representing the city spent 12 hours preparing for Lance Patterson’s eight-and-a-half-hour deposition.—
Julia Coin
May 19,
Charlotte Observer,
19 May 2026
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That’s very different from a burdensome reporting requirement about transparency that’s going to make a bunch of consultants very rich.—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
20 May 2026
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Professional services firms, by contrast, are spending heavily on AI tools for their consultants and analysts but are finding that client billing rates haven't moved in proportion—the productivity gain is being competed away in pricing rather than retained as margin.—
Jason Kirsch,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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“Counselors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counselors. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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