consul

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Recent Examples of consul The federal prosecutor for the Wyoming Territory reported afterward that local authorities had hoped Frederick Bee, the Chinese consul in San Francisco, would arrange for Chinese testimony, but none materialized. Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025 In the Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire, for example, European and American consuls, missionaries, and merchants were landing on Eastern Mediterranean shores in growing numbers and were founding schools, universities, and their own courts of law. Vanessa Ogle, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2015 Will be rendered speechless by a missing button on the blouse of the wife of the Swiss consul, and the way the wind brushed back Agafya’s hair to show her collarbone. Daniel Mason, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024 In his role as consul, Marcus uncovered the conspiracy and persuaded the senate to declare war on Catiline, who was subsequently killed in battle. Quintus Tullius Cicero, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2012 See All Example Sentences for consul
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consul
Noun
  • While the diplomats throw stones, businesspeople figure out ways to make things work and make money.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Aid is a critical tool in the diplomat’s toolbox and a very effective leverage point when advocating for American interests.
    Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Andrei Vyshinsky, procurator general in the 1930s, had overseen Stalin’s horrendous purges of millions of ordinary citizens – plus most of the members of the Communist Party Central Committee and top Soviet generals.
    Peter Bridges, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2022
  • The procurator of Roman Britain, Catus Decianus, ordered an extra two hundred men to Camulodunum and figured the problem was solved.
    Anne Thériault, Longreads, 14 May 2021
Noun
  • After appealing to the papal nuncio and the patriarchate for help organizing an evacuation, a convoy left carrying around 30 residents — mostly families with children — escorted by the Lebanese military.
    Zoya Awky, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Archbishop Angelo Roncalli had worked to save Jews while serving as nuncio, or ambassador, to Turkey, early in the Second World War, and had spent much of his time there in the company of Orthodox Christians and Muslims.
    Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Racial profiling concerns Kendrick said the agreement doesn’t mean deputies will target people for immigration enforcement who aren’t already under investigation for criminal activity.
    Rachel Spacek, Idaho Statesman, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The man, however, fled the courthouse before deputies arrived.
    Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Other proxy resolutions including the slate of Board of Director nominees and executive compensation were also approved by a majority of stockholders.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Follow This, the Dutch climate shareholder group that has been hounding energy companies for years to clean up their act, stepped back from its campaign of filing proxy resolutions, predicting a lackluster response from investors.
    Vivienne Walt, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Modi held a meeting with the national security adviser, the foreign minister and other senior officials at the airport and a special security cabinet meeting had been called for 1230 GMT, a defence ministry official said.
    Fayaz Bukhari, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Pakistan's deputy prime minister and foreign minister Ishaq Dar denied Pakistani involvement in a press conference Thursday.
    Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Employee perks include free park admission, complimentary and discounted tickets for friends and family, in-park discounts, employee referral bonuses and ambassador events and previews, the news release says.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Add Houston Rockets owner and ambassador to Italy, Tilman Fertitta, to the list of those dumbfounded by the Dallas Mavericks’ trade of Luka Doncic.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2025

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“Consul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consul. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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