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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Nathan Sales, a distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Council and former State Department counterterrorism coordinator, said the administration views regional diplomacy primarily through the lens of countering Tehran.
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Modern aviation today involves global commerce, diplomacy, and culture in ways the Wrights could hardly have imagined.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
This approach is best exemplified by NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, who in June sent Trump an obsequious message praising his Middle Eastern diplomacy and lauding him for getting European countries to spend more on defense.
—Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
While culture cannot replace hard diplomacy, this Macron visit demonstrates that in 2025, the road to political consensus in Beijing may very well run through the panda enclosure and table tennis arena.
—Xianda Huang, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Modern aviation today involves global commerce, diplomacy, and culture in ways the Wrights could hardly have imagined.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
This approach is best exemplified by NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, who in June sent Trump an obsequious message praising his Middle Eastern diplomacy and lauding him for getting European countries to spend more on defense.
—Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
While culture cannot replace hard diplomacy, this Macron visit demonstrates that in 2025, the road to political consensus in Beijing may very well run through the panda enclosure and table tennis arena.
—Xianda Huang, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for diplomacy
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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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