chargé d'affaires

noun

Definition of chargé d'affairesnext
as in foreign minister

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Recent Examples of chargé d'affaires Lebanon's foreign ministry spokesperson, Denise Rahme, told The Associated Press that Iran's embassy will still have a charge d'affaires to head its diplomatic mission. — CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026 Speaking in Warsaw, Sikorski confirmed that the Russian charge d'affaires was summoned to receive a formal protest note, though the diplomat refused to acknowledge the drones as Russian. — Amanda Castro shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025 Poland summoned the Russian charge d'affaires to demand an explanation after one such incident in December 2023. — David Brennan, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025 Earlier in the day, Kuwait followed Saudi Arabia and Bahrain by ordering the Lebanese charge d'affaires Saturday to leave the emirate within two days. — The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2021 Daniel Smith to lead the US Embassy in New Delhi as the new charge d'affaires. — Jennifer Hansler, CNN, 7 May 2021
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  1. foreign minister
  2. proxy
  3. diplomat
  4. consul
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  • Upon landing in Samarkand on Sunday night, Rubio was warmly embraced by Uzbekistan’s foreign minister, Bakhtiyor Saidov, while two women clad in elaborate gold-and-black traditional dresses presented him with a bouquet.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The two candidates at the bottom of Friday's straw poll were women — Maria Fernanda Espinosa, a former General Assembly president and foreign minister of Ecuador, and Ivonne A-Baki, a former Ecuadorian ambassador.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of foreign minister
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  • The faceless, hulking boxes have become a proxy for the whole argument about AI—its water use, its demands on power and land, the question of who benefits from it all.
    — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • While the lack of regulation may be drawing users to prediction markets, the platform’s Wild West qualities may also prevent them from being reliable insurance proxies, Mitts argued.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of proxy
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  • The following day, settlers attacked diplomats from Belgium, France and Poland, as well as representatives of the Catholic Church, in the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh.
    — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2026
  • France, Belgium and Poland, whose diplomats were attacked, also called on Israel to take action.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of diplomat
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  • The governor of Morelos also met with the Spanish consul, Marcos Rodríguez Cantero, to offer more information about the case.
    — Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Patrolling in pairs and marked by their black patent leather tricorn hats, the Guardia Civil sometimes forced refugees back into France but more often threw them into spartan jails until the British or the American consul sent for them.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026
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“Chargé d'affaires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/charg%C3%A9%20d%27affaires. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

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