How to Use consultant in a Sentence

consultant

noun
  • They've hired a computer consultant to assess how the company can upgrade its system.
  • 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 former artistic consultant for Burberry, who fell for Miller when first booked to do her glam for the Tony Awards a decade ago, paints the star’s eyes first.
    — Alice Newbold, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • On the set, the consultants coach the lead actors through their performance and line delivery.
    — Reggie Ugwu, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Hoagland said although the main focus of the master plan is on the Community Park, the consultant is looking at all of the city’s parks.
    — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 21 July 2022
  • Saturday has been a consultant for the team over the past couple of seasons, but most of his work has been with the offensive line.
    — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Nov. 2022
  • City planning is not something to leave to consultants.
    — Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The couple, both consultants who met in college, were married for 2 ½ years.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • Krakauer, credited as a consultant on the show, faced criticism from the Mormon Church for his 2003 book.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2022
  • The county brought in an outside consultant to help oversee Telles’s office and attempt to ease the tensions.
    — Sarah Ellison, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • Sinema, who chaired the campaign, requested that Gallego be removed from his post as a consultant to the team.
    — Gregory Svirnovskiy, The Arizona Republic, 22 July 2022
  • 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
  • Those details then get relayed to your design consultant on the retail side.
    — Lila Allen, Architectural Digest, 17 Dec. 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
  • Knowles replaces consultant Katie Hamill, who came on as Ramos’ campaign manager at the beginning of this year.
    — Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Every time federal jobs are cut, those cuts lead to more job losses in the private sector given the significant number of accountants, consultants, and auditors that provide services to every part of the government.
    — Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025

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