How to Use consultant in a Sentence

consultant

noun
  • They've hired a computer consultant to assess how the company can upgrade its system.
  • She was born and raised in Chicago, and went to college at Harvard, then worked as a consultant.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The city’s consultants noted this report is just the first step in what could be a decades long project to develop the island.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Brenner is one of several consultants who have worked on the project.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • In addition to training with Zendaya, Gilbert served as a consultant on the film.
    Charna Flam, Variety, 20 June 2023
  • Economic consultant Jim Rounds spoke in support of Griset and the economic benefits of the project for both the downtown area and the city as a whole.
    The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
  • On one side of the debate is the mold industry — testers, consultants and mold clean-up contractors.
    Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2024
  • But political consultant John Davis’ eye was on the third branch.
    USA Today, 25 July 2023
  • Currently a special teams consultant with the Blues, the 43-year-old could not have imagined a better first few years of his career.
    Tom Layberger, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Seated in the back, Justin Sok, 39, a government affairs consultant who has lived in Kingman Park for 12 years, kept his hands at his side.
    Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Prete added that Sajak will continue as a consultant on the show for three years after his last season.
    Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
  • Clayton retired from Cal Fire again in 2008, but continued as a consultant and taught the techniques of wild-land firefighting around the globe.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The next step is hiring a consultant to flesh out many details for phase two, particularly where to store the water.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
  • As mentioned above, one of us (Sean) has a conflict of interest, having briefly served as a science consultant on this movie.
    Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Scary times indeed, but HR consultant Lorna Bates says there are ways to safeguard yourself.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 4 Jan. 2024
  • But Palmer is fully aware that not everyone is able to afford a lactation consultant — or even find a good one.
    Marissa G. Muller, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
  • Kouassi was a script consultant on the film, meeting multiple times with Garrone and his co-writers.
    Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
  • That would be the advice of Marti Mayne, a lodging industry consultant.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 6 May 2023
  • The group also hired its own consultant, RK Engineering, to debunk the project’s traffic claims.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The money covered training of school leaders and staff, as well as consultant visits to observe classes.
    Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2023
  • It was disclosed that both physicians are consultants to weight loss drug companies.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The consultants spoke negatively of the union, the need to pay dues and that unsuccessful bargaining can lead to losses of jobs, according to the worker.
    Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The task force, formed at the recommendation of consultant Gap Strategies, will present its findings to the community at a town hall in August.
    Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 19 July 2023
  • City staffers and consultants are studying ways that piece of the 101, known locally as Carlsbad Boulevard, can be made safer and moved back from the encroaching hazard of sea-level rise.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2023
  • Veteran local chefs Tyler Bond and Joe Pruner are getting the kitchen started as culinary consultants.
    Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Tillmann will continue to serve as a consultant until March 2024.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The City Council voted unanimously to approve the reconstruction and a second phase of a contract with Moffatt & Nichol, the lead consultant on the project.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2023
  • So too are the armies of investors, startups, and consultants promising change—but delivering little.
    Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • After filling in a questionnaire and sending in some selfies, Ms. Khan, 43, a fashion consultant in Brooklyn, received her first 60-day supply in the mail — and was hooked.
    Tatiana Boncompagni, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Former Spartans coach Mark Dantonio has also been brought on as a consultant.
    Chantz Martin, Fox News, 23 Sep. 2023

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