noun
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a person who advises
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education a person responsible for advising students on academic matters, career guidance, etc
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education a subject specialist who advises heads of schools on current teaching methods and facilities
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If you're an expert who gives advice or offers professional consultations, you can call yourself an adviser. You can have an adviser in many areas — he or she may also be called a consultant. A person who helps you decide what classes to take is called an academic adviser. You may also have a tax adviser to help during an audit or a career adviser to help plan your next steps after college. Whoever you take advice from, be advised that this word is sometimes spelled advisor.
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This week, Quentin Fottrell — The Moneyist — answered questions from a reader whose investment adviser suggested that he participate in a private investment in data centers overseas.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The president’s 29-year-old crypto adviser rose from the front row to applause.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
"This happens sometimes, something starts slow and then it goes fast", the senior policy adviser to the Democratic senator told the BBC.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Mr. Musk’s SpaceX has “implemented speed limits for Starlink terminals while in motion,” Serhii Beskrestnov, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Miss Jeanette Bivens, one of the high school English teachers, was the Wave’s faculty adviser.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
WSJ | Buy Side: The best flat-fee financial advisers charge a fixed dollar amount for their services, which can be easier to budget for.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
They were also supposed to draft new member education plans with Cornell’s vice president of student life, and employ live-in advisers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
This is why many advisers actually caution against the kind of strategy you’re using, where you don’t touch that IRA money until RMD age and you spend your other money first.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
It raises serious questions about the integrity of some of the oligarch's professional advisers.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
I pushed even harder on my policy advisers to continue growing the reach of Let’s Move! and Joining Forces.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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