How to Use consulate general in a Sentence

consulate general

noun
  • El Salvador’s consulate general in Houston asked Maria where the girls could go if they were deported.
    — Lomi Kriel, ProPublica, 18 May 2020
  • The consulate general was a partner to bring the NMT to Sacramento.
    — Acsah Lemma, Sacramento Bee, 5 June 2024
  • The Korean consulate general office in Toronto declined to confirm the report.
    — Fox News, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The Russian consulate general, whose position typically rotates every three years, has also ventured out into the community.
    — Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Two of the these cases have been resolved, with those affected returning to Germany, according to Reuters, but the third case was being handled with the consulate general in Boston involved.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The courtroom gallery was filled with representatives from the Mexican consulate general in Nogales, Buitimea's family, local residents and out-of-state visitors.
    — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Turkish officials haven’t disclosed the results of a search on Wednesday of the Saudi consulate general’s residence in Istanbul and have said little about their nine-hour inspection of the consulate earlier this week.
    — Rebecca Ballhaus, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2018
  • Earlier this month, three German nationals were detained – two of these cases have been resolved, with those affected returning to Germany, according to Reuters, but the third case was being handled with the consulate general in Boston involved.
    — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The University of California, Santa Barbara is opening its facilities to the Austrians, according to a social media post by the nation’s consulate general in Los Angeles.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2026
  • Violeta Alonso Peláez, the president of the General Council of Spanish Citizenship Abroad, told El Pais that the government in Madrid must provide enough resources to prevent the applications from overwhelming the consular network of 178 offices, including 86 consulates general and two consulates.
    — Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Subramanyam was given the International Women’s Day Award at the consulate general of India in 2023 and also received honors from the National Women’s Conference, the Tri-State Diversity Council and analytics firm Corinium, which named her a top innovator in data and analytics.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026

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