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consul

[kon-suhl] / ˈkɒn səl /
NOUN
representative
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He arrives in New York this week for a visit I am arranging as Israel’s consul general.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

In her statement condemning Simon's death, Okey-Uche, Nigeria's consul general in Johannesburg, called for a "transparent" investigation and alleged that there was "an alarming pattern of unresolved extrajudicial killings/deaths and unacceptable misconduct against foreign nationals".

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

The consul general had been responding to a Times editorial supporting a boycott of products made with cotton produced in the Xinjiang region of China due to the use of forced labor.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

He will visit four Indian cities, beginning in Kolkata, home to one of the oldest US diplomatic posts -- which got its first consul in 1792, just 16 years after Washington's independence.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

The American consul, George Horton, had a larger estimate.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Thursday’s summit was attended by consuls and other senior officials from G-7 nations and the European Union, and lawmakers and representatives from economic organizations, labor unions and other organizations.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

Honorary consuls, though not as prominent as ambassadors and other career diplomats, have for centuries worked from their home countries to represent foreign nations.

From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2022

Thirty honorary consuls have been sanctioned by the United States and other governments; nine have been linked to terrorist groups by law enforcement and governments.

From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2022

The government of the late Republic was still in the form of the Plebeian Assembly, the Centuriate Assembly, the Senate, ten tribunes, two consuls, and a court system under formal rules of law.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

Despite the emergency, two foreign consuls were playing tennis on the grass courts out back.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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