How to Use consultant in a Sentence

consultant

noun
  • They've hired a computer consultant to assess how the company can upgrade its system.
  • The financial consultant, who lives elsewhere, never picked them up.
    Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2022
  • None of the cards informed buyers their details would be used by lobbyists and consultants to win elections.
    Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024
  • This was the case for Tara Daniels, a digital-marketing consultant who lives near Boston.
    Zoya Qureshi, The Atlantic, 15 Nov. 2022
  • After Putin declared the mobilization complete, the consultant returned to his rental apartment but still keeps a low profile.
    Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Grégory has worn many hats throughout his career in fashion, having been a consultant, stylist, and editor, and is now adding another to the rotation as a designer.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Deadline has learned the filmmaker quickly assembled a crew to shoot a new interview with the famed Democratic political consultant to include as a coda to the film.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
  • But unlike human consultants, Eliza’s army of agents are low cost and easy to cast aside when the task is done.
    Michael Del Castillo, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • The group quickly raised $2 million and hired a consultant to come up with a plan that would allow the hospice to survive.
    oregonlive, 28 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • Mikkelson emailed a Shockey consultant about his statement, and the two went back and forth editing it.
    Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2024
  • City planning is not something to leave to consultants.
    Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • He's offered support in the building of Jalen Hurts as an Eagles consultant in 2021.
    Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • Josh Levs is the author of All In and a business consultant changing the role of men in gender equality efforts.
    Josh Levs, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • While some sift through the options in baby name books or websites, others go as far as to hire baby name consultants.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The staff is working with a consultant to make sure zoning is set up to match the vision for the interchange and surrounding land and roads, Farrell said.
    Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 1 Jan. 2023
  • First, a note about onboard cruise consultants: These specialists are trained to sell you on a future cruise, and the cruise line gives them a lot of tools to accomplish their job.
    Christopher Elliott, King Features Syndicate, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • Jonathan, 61, a shipping consultant from Oakland, Iowa A guy like Jonathan is every woman’s dream!
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2024
  • 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

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