foreign service
noun
: the field force of a foreign office comprising diplomatic and consular personnel
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Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
Last month the department announced changes to the foreign service test that included dropping a situational awareness portion and adding in a logic and reasoning section, Reuters reported at the time.
—Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Baek, a foreign service officer born in South Korea with work experience from China to the Dominican Republic, was introduced to the program through a friend.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
But Ukraine's foreign service said Russia's construction industry also faces the problems of low demand, limited state support, and the outflow of resources to the war against Ukraine.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
Last month the department announced changes to the foreign service test that included dropping a situational awareness portion and adding in a logic and reasoning section, Reuters reported at the time.
—Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Baek, a foreign service officer born in South Korea with work experience from China to the Dominican Republic, was introduced to the program through a friend.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
But Ukraine's foreign service said Russia's construction industry also faces the problems of low demand, limited state support, and the outflow of resources to the war against Ukraine.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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 6 Nov. 2025.
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