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consul

[kon-suhl] / ˈkɒn səl /
NOUN
representative
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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.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

The museum contacted Ankara because the piece "had been donated by the wife of a US consul general who served in Istanbul in the 1940s", she said.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

According to the consul, Mexico is currently the sixth most visited country in the world and the vast majority of tourists who visit the country have no major complaints.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

Similarly, Werner Gruner, South Africa's consul to the Bahamas, says that over the past two or three years, his office has seen a rise in local people travelling to South Africa, Ghana and Kenya.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2025

"Victor Hubbard, consul at the Embajada Americana. Excuse me, señores."

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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