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as in group
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
a consort of doctors attended the case
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as in spouse
the person to whom another is married
it is the queen's eldest son and not her consort who is next in line for the throne
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as in to associate
to come or be together as friends
at college she began consorting with drug users, eventually becoming an addict herself
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as in to blend
to form a pleasing relationship
the restaurant's sophisticated menu consorts seamlessly with its sleek, modern ambience
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Recent Examples of consort
Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 17 July 2025
Today, other than his queen and official consort, Vajiralongkorn has increasingly been seen with two other minor consorts, who have even been charged with royal duties in his absence.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 26 June 2025
Alessandra Bocchi, WSJ, 13 July 2021
Not all biographers truly consort with creativity, but Lee does, so her books have a creativity of their own, deepening and sometimes altering one’s sense of the individual talent.
—Andrew O’Hagan, The New York Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2021
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Noun
The Queen consort celebrated with a new portrait to mark the special day.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 17 July 2025
Today, other than his queen and official consort, Vajiralongkorn has increasingly been seen with two other minor consorts, who have even been charged with royal duties in his absence.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 26 June 2025
Verb
But he is detested by western militiamen, and is also known to consort with extremists.
—Alessandra Bocchi, WSJ, 13 July 2021
Not all biographers truly consort with creativity, but Lee does, so her books have a creativity of their own, deepening and sometimes altering one’s sense of the individual talent.
—Andrew O’Hagan, The New York Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consort
Verb
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The lifting of some regulatory burdens on businesses does not mean that the risk associated with dangerous work will disappear, or that companies should stop protecting employees from death and injuries.—
Edward Segal,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Some tracks were also observed near the Apollo 17 landing site and areas associated with seismic activity or tectonic features, indicating that moonquakes or impacts may trigger the boulder falls.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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Or those who know the difference between a smudging brush and a blending brush and how to use them when creating a smoky eye.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, Usher, Meagan Good, and Jay-Z joined events that blended music, style, and philanthropy, reminding us just how many lanes the culture continues to dominate.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
15 Sep. 2025
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Cutting an image that contrasted with Ali’s more libertine act, Frazier traveled with his family, including his teenage son, Marvis, an aspiring boxer himself.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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The center of the storm is likely to travel outside the cone up to 33% of the time.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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Attempts to measure empathy are further complicated by the fact that doctors’ assessments of their own empathy levels often do not correlate with patients’ experiences of their care.—
Rachel Pearson,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Researchers plan to correlate these systems using AI to maintain continuous tracking of fast-moving, low-signature targets.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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On Mars, the Perseverance rover recently found organic compounds — molecules that contain carbon, typically bonded to hydrogen — leading some to speculate that the findings may amount to signs of past life.—
Dirk Schulze-Makuch,
Big Think,
17 Sep. 2025
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Estimates suggest that the 1776 Continental Navy had a mere 64 ships, compared to 1,697 licensed and bonded privateer vessels.—
Rick Bennett,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
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The entity lists an address that corresponds to a San Francisco office of the Jordan Park Group, a financial investment company.—
Sara B. Hansen,
Denver Post,
13 Sep. 2025
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Similarly, Whitehouse is not yet the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, a title that tends to correspond, roughly, to tenure.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Now, the Federal Trade Commission and seven states are filing suit against the concert giant for allegedly violating the FTC Act and the Better Online Ticket Sales Act by knowingly collaborating with secondary market brokers to spike ticket prices.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
19 Sep. 2025
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These digital agents execute tasks, understand context, anticipate needs, collaborate with other systems and humans, and evolve their capabilities over time.—
Uli Erxleben,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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And while the two sides didn’t coordinate their declarations, the timing suited Kopitar just fine.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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With medical personnel locked out of electronic health records and systems for coordinating basic patient care such as medications, surgical procedures, and tests, hospital employees reported lapses that threatened patients’ lives.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Consort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consort. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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