diplomacy
noun
di·plo·ma·cy
də-ˈplō-mə-sē 
Examples of diplomacy in a Sentence
She has had a long and distinguished career in diplomacy.
The government avoided a war by successfully resolving the issues through diplomacy.
This is a situation that calls for tactful diplomacy.
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The comments were part of a surge in diplomacy aimed at averting conflict; Qatar’s prime minister visited Tehran, while a senior Iranian official traveled to Moscow.
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semafor.com, 3 Feb. 2026
During a visit to France in November, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky took time off from diplomacy to thank a group of French fishermen who are collecting old nets from deep-sea vessels fishing for tuna and other species.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026
But Newsom’s shadow diplomacy, widely seen as a pretentious distraction during the Biden years, has a different look at a moment of nativism and trade conflict in Washington.
—Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
Although no major breakthroughs were announced, the talks were widely seen as positive after months of stop-start diplomacy to bring the war to a close.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 30 Jan. 2026
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semafor.com, 3 Feb. 2026
During a visit to France in November, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky took time off from diplomacy to thank a group of French fishermen who are collecting old nets from deep-sea vessels fishing for tuna and other species.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026
But Newsom’s shadow diplomacy, widely seen as a pretentious distraction during the Biden years, has a different look at a moment of nativism and trade conflict in Washington.
—Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
Although no major breakthroughs were announced, the talks were widely seen as positive after months of stop-start diplomacy to bring the war to a close.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 30 Jan. 2026
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diplomacy
noun
di·plo·ma·cy
də-ˈplō-mə-sē
1
: the work of keeping up relations between the governments of different countries
2
: skill in dealing with others without causing bad feelings : tact
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