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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His profession was a computer programmer/analyst/consultant.
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Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Oakland political consultant Annie Eagan said the outstanding bill owed to her firm has become a source of growing unease.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
She was hired as a senior consultant and liaison for a digital firm, Giles-Parscale, working on Trump's 2020 campaign, the Associated Press reported in 2017.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
So in April 2016, O’Malley, an NSSF contractor and political consultant, hired Cambridge Analytica.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 5 Feb. 2025
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Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Oakland political consultant Annie Eagan said the outstanding bill owed to her firm has become a source of growing unease.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
She was hired as a senior consultant and liaison for a digital firm, Giles-Parscale, working on Trump's 2020 campaign, the Associated Press reported in 2017.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
So in April 2016, O’Malley, an NSSF contractor and political consultant, hired Cambridge Analytica.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Consultant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consultant. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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