foreign affairs

plural noun

: matters having to do with international relations and with the interests of the home country in foreign countries

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Christmas Eve 1776 found Temple at Versailles, the ideal messenger for a sensitive, exploratory overture to the French minister of foreign affairs. Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025 Elizabeth Shackelford is a program director with the Institute for Global Affairs and a foreign affairs columnist for the Chicago Tribune. Elizabeth Shackelford, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025 Andrea Mitchell Andrea Mitchell is chief Washington correspondent and chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC News. Andrea Mitchell, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025 Still, courts have long deferred to presidents on issues of national security and foreign affairs. Daniel Bush, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foreign affairs

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of foreign affairs was in 1611

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“Foreign affairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20affairs. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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