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 Musk's role as a senior adviser the administration has hurt his EV company, with sales slumping in the first quarter of 2025 and Tesla's post-election stock bump fading sharply. Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025 The company — with McReynolds now serving as adviser, since her departure in 2011 — will next open a retail flagship in Hollywood on Fairfax Avenue this spring. Ryma Chikhoune, WWD, 20 Mar. 2025 Senior Trump adviser Adam Boehler and Zalmay Khalilzad, the former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, meet with Afghanistan Foreign Affairs Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Kabul on Thursday. Abigail Williams, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2025 The drama surrounding Schiff represented a fall from grace for an adviser who had gained attention in the press as someone who could demystify the inner workings of the art world. Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for adviser
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Noun
  • Lisa Miller, former deputy insurance commissioner who is now a consultant, told the Sun Sentinel that requiring transparency reports for rates would not make premiums more understandable to consumers.
    Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Huntsman School of Business professor Timothy Gardner and consultant Colin Wong explain these tactics, like sandbagging, falsifying data, and giving excessive discounts to close deals.
    Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 18 Mar. 2025
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  • The two peer support counselors mingled with deputies over a free meal, said Altamirano.
    Rosa Flores, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
  • When visiting a credit counselor, make sure to be as transparent as possible about your financial situation.
    Gabriel Rodríguez, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Athletic’s experts Luke Smith (from Shanghai) and Madeline Coleman break down the season’s second race.
    Luke Smith, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Unlike MoE, where ‘experts’ emerge without explicit specialization, our method dynamically refines representations with true task-specific expertise.
    Rob Toews, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025

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“Adviser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adviser. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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