How to Use consulate in a Sentence

consulate

noun
Definition of consulatenext
Synonyms for consulatenext
  • In 2020, the UAE became the first Arab country to open a consulate there.
    — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2023
  • If Wong was hiding in the U.S. consulate, Beijing could close it down.
    — Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2023
  • At the Santiago, Chile, consulate, the wait can take up to 886 days — 2½ years.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The consulate also helped obtain the X-rays from the family.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Embassies would be opened in Riyadh and Tehran and consulates in Jeddah and Mashhad.
    — Adam Pourahmadi, CNN, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The journalist next to us, at the Israeli consulate in New York, was crying.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Global impact Berlin said that four of Russia’s five consulates in Germany must close by the end of the year.
    — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 31 May 2023
  • She had been ordered to fly to Ciudad Juárez for an interview with the U.S. consulate.
    — Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune, 22 Nov. 2022
  • What was a curious fact turned into a month of explaining records to the consulate.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Since then, foreign workers have had to go back to their home countries and get the extension stamped by a consulate there.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Officers responding to the scene found that the vehicle had come to a stop inside the lobby of the consulate.
    — Adam Elmahrek, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • For translators who are stuck in Afghanistan, there is no way to process their visas since the U.S. consulate closed afer the withdrawal of troops in August 2021.
    — Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023
  • With the high volume of trade and contacts between the two nations before the war in Ukraine, the consulate in St. Petersburg had been one of Finland’s busiest.
    — Natalia Abbakumova, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
  • The migrant who died in the episode was an adult Mexican national, according to the consulate.
    — Armando Garcia, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Also, there was a danger of encirclement, and there was a Greek consulate convoy that most of the journalists left with.
    — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Biden also failed to make good on his campaign promise to reopen the U.S. consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem.
    — Martin Indyk, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
  • While in the temporary location, Alva said the consulate staff assists with the services.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Some of those spaces would serve the adjacent Renaissance Place and consulate.
    — Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2023
  • In Chicago, about 200 demonstrators gathered in front of the Chinese consulate.
    — Mark Pratt, ajc, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Oil prices are near a six-month high after Israel bombed an Iranian consulate.
    — Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
  • In a message, the Russian consulate in Hurghada urged tourists to stay vigilant in the water and to follow any local bans on swimming, per The Guardian.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 9 June 2023
  • People brought flowers and notes of sympathy to the consulate office at One Broadway in Cambridge.
    — Camilo Fonseca, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Khashoggi, a dissident, was slain in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018.
    — Noah Biermanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
  • That day, the State Department ordered staff at the consulate in Wuhan and their families to evacuate China.
    — Shane Harris, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The others migrants rescued were from Ecuador, Mexico, Honduras, and Colombia, the consulate said.
    — Armando Garcia, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Iran reopened its embassy and consulate in Saudi Arabia last week.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 14 June 2023
  • The State Department said that less than 10% of foreign tourists in a typical year do not need to go to a U.S. embassy or consulate to apply for a visa in the year before their travel.
    — Eric Johnson, Dallas News, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Protest banners and flags calling for Hong Kong independence were draped outside the consulate.
    — Vic Chiang, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Those who complete the program will earn a certificate from the consulate that is the equivalent of a grammar school or high school diploma, according to the school district.
    — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2023
  • On a typical day, the consulate grants an average of 200 appointments.
    — Soudi Jiménezescritor, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2022

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