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as in group
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
a consort of doctors attended the case
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as in spouse
the person to whom another is married
it is the queen's eldest son and not her consort who is next in line for the throne
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as in to associate
to come or be together as friends
at college she began consorting with drug users, eventually becoming an addict herself
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as in to blend
to form a pleasing relationship
the restaurant's sophisticated menu consorts seamlessly with its sleek, modern ambience
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Recent Examples of consort
Janine Henni, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
Daemon the King Consort, hold the consort, please, plods through Harrenhal in a maze of his own nightmares.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 21 July 2024
Alessandra Bocchi, WSJ, 13 July 2021
Not all biographers truly consort with creativity, but Lee does, so her books have a creativity of their own, deepening and sometimes altering one’s sense of the individual talent.
—Andrew O’Hagan, The New York Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2021
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Noun
The Amir of Qatar and his wife and consort attended the coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla in May 2023, and the palace says the Amir has visited the U.K. on eight occasions.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
Daemon the King Consort, hold the consort, please, plods through Harrenhal in a maze of his own nightmares.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 21 July 2024
Verb
But he is detested by western militiamen, and is also known to consort with extremists.
—Alessandra Bocchi, WSJ, 13 July 2021
Not all biographers truly consort with creativity, but Lee does, so her books have a creativity of their own, deepening and sometimes altering one’s sense of the individual talent.
—Andrew O’Hagan, The New York Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consort
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For the better half of the past decade, the 32-year-old Newburyport, Mass., native has been most closely associated with his role as the world's best babysitter, Steve Harrington, on Netflix's Stranger Things, a character who works at Family Video by day and fights demogorgons by night.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Similar to the way Mercury retrograde is often to blame for miscommunication and misunderstandings, Venus retrograde is associated with beauty, love and self-worth.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Students used natural light to expose their cyanotypes on both fabric and paper and experimented with blending artistic techniques and organic materials.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
3 Apr. 2025
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Grace Wales Bonner has elevated her namesake label to become a global force–she’s done so by blending European tailoring with her Caribbean heritage.—
Kedean Smith,
Essence,
3 Apr. 2025
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Yet, as so often happens in the sport, Estrada did not travel a straight line to big-league prosperity.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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The other travels out of Florida twice a year with her U.S.-born child who has a disability.—
Ana Ceballos,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2025
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The outcome result is not perfectly correlated with the spending.—
Michael S. Schmidt,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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His research, over many years, also found that contributions from political parties correlated with subsequent judicial voting in election disputes over issues such as ballot counting or candidate eligibility.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
6 Apr. 2025
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After this, everyone met in the paddock, were instructors and participants brought the three horses, Lulu, Churro, and Warrior, to groom them and start bonding with them, by taking the time to understand each other.—
Maïna Durafour,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2025
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That is also the ideal time-frame to bond with new owners.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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Those treatments corresponded to a pet theory of the Geiers that autism stemmed from the interaction of mercury in thimerosal with testosterone, and therefore that reducing testosterone would address autism.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2025
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has also launched a formal probe and is collaborating with the Australian Taxation Office.—
Grace Thomas,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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China & Other Asian Markets In the rest of Asia, Toei has already been collaborating with local companies, co-producing anime series Voltes V Legacy with the Philippines’ GMA Network, while Toei Animation signed a strategic partnership with Korea’s CJ ENM in 2021.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2025
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An executive role within the White House to coordinate strategy and funding to achieve talent development goals.—
David Rosowsky,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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The Queen watched a shot being coordinated by VFX supervisor Mark Robinson alongside executive producer Jed Mercurio and also got to use the clapper board.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Consort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consort. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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