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consult

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


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“We paid an attorney for a consult, but in the end, nothing would have changed other than a lot more bureaucracy. He was going to do whatever he was going to do,” Appel said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 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

Did he consult executives in the energy industry?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

As with so many land mines in our broken healthcare system, having a reliable and trustworthy practitioner to consult and query regarding the reality of compounded medications is the best solution.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

By eleven forty, she was convinced that Virgil Salinas had met a terrible fate and it was time to consult the crystals.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly

She has held diverse strategic roles at the intersection of go-to-market, clinical and operations in digital health, currently consults for venture-capital and early-stage digital health companies, and writes for the Massively Better Healthcare blog.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 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

Unlike the rest of us, Tsimerman also consults AI while writing math papers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

Earl sets Camel on the edge of a car’s doorway, consults with someone inside, and then returns.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Meanwhile, she and Gowan consulted an attorney, who asked whether the rules around discussion topics had been written down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

She told The Times she has been assigned to a restorative justice drug court and consulted on police misconduct cases for the public defender’s accountability unit.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

He consulted a priest about the dream who told him that the iron wolf symbolized a large and formidable city, a city of opportunity.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

She also launched a political consulting firm and sought work in public relations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Núñez, founder of the consulting firm Actum, met frequently with Bonta’s office in an effort to broker peace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

He didn't believe she had regained consciousness at any point, adding that he has been receiving updates through her medical power of attorney rather than consulting directly with doctors.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Cordova also shared an independent report the company commissioned from consulting firm Roux Associates, which he said “found no evidence in the administrative record ... demonstrating that the site adversely affects public health.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Jenny came over, sipping her coffee and consulting her phone.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein




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