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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Your cousin needs help, from a CFP or financial adviser or, better yet, free legal aid.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Evercore was lead financial adviser on the transaction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
His adviser, Lawrence Rosen, said Venable “had a natural sense of how things were connected to other things that might not seem to be so connected—the key to any anthropological understanding.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Critics, including David Sacks, a former White House AI adviser, have questioned METR's independence because of its ties to Anthropic's investors and staff.
From Barron's
Church was a trusted Patriot, a tea tosser at the Boston Tea Party, a Son of Liberty, and an adviser to the Second Continental Congress.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
Some of Anthropic’s advisers say waiting until November would give the startup time to share third-quarter financials that show a strong competitive position, even after rival OpenAI launched its newest model, Astra, in September.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Heathrow's third runway cannot be approved without changes to current climate policies, the government's advisers have said.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Delaware Life said the firm continues its work with advisers at both banks on existing clients and that its “communications with key distribution partners remain open and cooperative.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Thirdly, legitimate investment advisers and wealth managers don’t conduct business over WhatsApp.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
On May 6, Eisenhower and his advisers doubled down on their cover story, as reporters in Washington began asking questions about Khrushchev's accusations.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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