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consult

[kuhn-suhlt, kon-suhlt, kuhn-suhlt] / kənˈsʌlt, ˈkɒn sʌlt, kənˈsʌlt /


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Before the torch is lit in Los Angeles in 2028, make sure to consult Slate’s list of every Olympic event, ranked from worst to best, compiled by Mike Canter.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

Topanga State Park, where part of the Jan. 1 fire burned, had failed to consult fire agencies when creating its wildfire plan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Commerce says it will consult with the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Either way, the only way to know what is and isn’t legal would be to consult a lawyer.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

When they returned to the ship, Farder Coram and John Faa and the other leaders spent a long time in conference in the saloon, and Lyra went to her cabin to consult the alethiometer.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

Treasury Department and now head of legal and government affairs at TRM Labs, which consults on financial crimes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Arne Olson, a senior partner with Energy and Environmental Economics who consults on California’s energy planning, said replacing the plant with clean energy may have looked “eminently doable in 2016,” and is probably feasible today.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

The 67-year-old breast cancer survivor, who consults on sustainable textiles and runs a small farmers market, would never have her own property sprayed with pesticides, but admits to having envied neighbors who did.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

He told MarketWatch that he still consults with Nicholas Galluccio, who was the portfolio manager of the fund from 2008 until Gabelli took over.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

He fixes me with a quizzical stare and then consults his two smaller companions.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

Fire officials then consulted a map and instructed the Office of Emergency Management to send an evacuation order for most areas west of Lake Avenue — the dividing line between west and east Altadena.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Tajuddeen Williams, a social psychologist who consulted with Google last year to help train Gemini, said he tries to keep his children away from it as much as possible.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Statisticians I have consulted insist that it’s almost certainly a coincidence that those three particularly terrible months for the market happened to occur in October.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

"The value in this project is practically unquantifiable," said Berkeley archaeology graduate student Leah Packard-Grams, who consulted on the project as a papyrologist.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

I knew exact instances when he’d consulted his wife about military strategy.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

Nikon said it came to the decision "after thoroughly re-evaluating the video and supporting materials and consulting with members of our judging panel".

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

But it was a few, not a majority, and their fears were overridden by an originally concerned J. Robert Oppenheimer, the project’s director, after consulting with other scientists and reviewing their calculations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

However, he declined to publicly disclose the full list of clients who had paid for his consulting services.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

The study from Washington-based consulting firm EY Quantitative Economics and Statistics also found that the U.S. share of major-studio spending on film productions similarly fell from 74% to 42% between 1999 and 2024.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

There was Mr. Richardson on what had been their front walkway, consulting with the fire chief and two policemen.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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