variants also advisor
as in consultant
a person who gives advice especially professionally our financial adviser had some words of caution about buying a second home

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Recent Examples of adviser Former Trump adviser Elon Musk is using his massive social media megaphone to fan the controversy surrounding the administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, jabbing at the president in the latest example of their widening rift. Zac Anderson, USA Today, 19 July 2025 The move to drop the cases is being directed by Brian Hawkins, a recent Trump administration hire at HUD who serves as a senior adviser in the Fair Housing Office, two agency officials said. Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 18 July 2025 In November, he was photographed eating McDonald's with several close advisers, including Kennedy Jr., who was seen with a Coke. Mandy Taheri gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025 Like fellow venture capitalist David Sacks — a tech adviser to Trump — and Tesla, X and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Maguire has used social media to broadcast right-wing ideas and attack ideological foes. Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for adviser
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Noun
  • Eventually, a consultant told the couple that their baby would need to be born before Christmas as the pregnancy wasn't going to be viable for much longer.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
  • Douglas Schoen is a longtime Democratic political consultant.
    Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 27 July 2025
Noun
  • Repeated cellphone use could lead to a parent-teacher conference or conference with a school counselor or administrator.
    Ruby Grisin, The Courier-Journal, 26 July 2025
  • Among those gathered under the palms at the workshop’s long outdoor table placed near an outdoor fireplace to ward off the morning chill were an architect, a publicist and a counselor.
    Dan Morrison, USA Today, 26 July 2025
Noun
  • The consent order also called for an independent expert compliance contractor to monitor the hospital.
    Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 21 July 2025
  • Then, the movements of these tools guided by the hands of expert human surgeons could be recreated by conventional robotic arms like the ones used in STAR.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2025

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“Adviser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adviser. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

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