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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Trump received his worst approval rating of six issues the poll asked about on inflation (33%), followed by trade (36%), civil rights (36%), jobs (38%), foreign affairs (39%) and immigration (50%). Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025 Newsweek has contacted the Hungarian foreign affairs ministry for comment via email to its press department. Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025 The halt at least temporarily cost some 1,000 people their jobs in Quang Tri, according to the province’s foreign affairs department. Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 30 Apr. 2025 Sheinbaum invited up her minister of foreign affairs, Juan Ramón de la Fuente. Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 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 20 May. 2025.

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