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consul

[kon-suhl] / ˈkɒn səl /
NOUN
representative
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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

Kiep soon resigned as consul general, but he still was sent on trade missions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

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

Those are among the findings of a study released Tuesday by Carlos González Gutiérrez, the Mexican consul general in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2025

But before the consul could answer, the door opened and Lyra came in bearing a little branch of pine.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman




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