as in adviser
a person who gives advice especially professionally
a consultant in public relations to a number of large corporations
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Recent Examples of consultant
The Chula Vista City Council voted unanimously April 21 to award a $393,815 consultant services agreement to the architecture and planning firm Carrier Johnson + Culture to conduct a Police Department Facilities Master Plan.
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Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
The company’s vision is for key members of staff inside functions such as operations, marketing and sales to use the platform to build and deploy AI agents without having to wait for a colleague from engineering, or an external consultant.
—David Prosser, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Delaney previously appeared in Apple’s Matthew Vaughn spy thriller Argylle, appears in its forthcoming Sian Heder drama Being Heumann, and is also serving as a consultant on its limited series adaptation of 2006 rom-com The Holiday.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 May 2026
One of our consultants is Jonathan Chorovicz.
—Ben Rosenstock, Time, 18 May 2026
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Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
The company’s vision is for key members of staff inside functions such as operations, marketing and sales to use the platform to build and deploy AI agents without having to wait for a colleague from engineering, or an external consultant.
—David Prosser, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Delaney previously appeared in Apple’s Matthew Vaughn spy thriller Argylle, appears in its forthcoming Sian Heder drama Being Heumann, and is also serving as a consultant on its limited series adaptation of 2006 rom-com The Holiday.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 May 2026
One of our consultants is Jonathan Chorovicz.
—Ben Rosenstock, Time, 18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consultant
adviser
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Patrick Gaspard, a Mamdani adviser, served as a liaison between the campaign and Jeffries.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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But as any financial advisor would warn, each decade of delay reduces the amount of money available at retirement by roughly half.—
Mary Moreland,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
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“Consultant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consultant. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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