foreign service
noun
: the field force of a foreign office comprising diplomatic and consular personnel
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Or someone interested in foreign policy may not know that USAID and the Department of Commerce have their own foreign services.
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Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
Kerber, a lawyer from Mexico’s Universidad Iberoamericana with a master’s degree and doctorate in international law from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, began her foreign service career in 1991.
—Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
Those flags are the American flag, foreign service flags, POW/MIA flags, U.S. state and D.C. flags, Indian tribal flags and those of U.S. government agencies.
—Fritz Farrow, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2024
Print Few people would have predicted that a loquacious drama about a woman foreign service professional would have been Netflix’s next big hit.
—Karrin Vasby Anderson, The Conversation, 11 May 2023
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Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
Kerber, a lawyer from Mexico’s Universidad Iberoamericana with a master’s degree and doctorate in international law from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, began her foreign service career in 1991.
—Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
Those flags are the American flag, foreign service flags, POW/MIA flags, U.S. state and D.C. flags, Indian tribal flags and those of U.S. government agencies.
—Fritz Farrow, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2024
Print Few people would have predicted that a loquacious drama about a woman foreign service professional would have been Netflix’s next big hit.
—Karrin Vasby Anderson, The Conversation, 11 May 2023
See all Example Sentences for foreign service
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“Foreign service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20service. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.
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