Thesaurus results for DIPLOMAT

diplomat

noun

as in ambassador

a person sent by a country's government to represent it in a foreign country They arranged a dinner to welcome the foreign diplomats. She served as a U.S. diplomat in France for several years.

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Recent Examples of diplomat At the same time that year, Israeli diplomats left Turkey due to security concerns after pro-Palestinian protests erupted across the country and in front of the consulate. —

Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026 Efforts to reroute energy supplies are racing ahead, a UAE diplomat wrote in the Financial Times. —

Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 7 Apr. 2026 Israel withdrew its diplomats amid security concerns and deteriorating relations with Turkey during the war in Gaza. —

ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026 Made up of diplomats and policy experts, the bureau developed close ties with embassies, foreign energy ministries, and private sector energy companies. —

Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for diplomat

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In June 2025, a Sacramento Regional Transit ambassador stabbed 16-year-old Michael Berry at the Mather Field/Mills Transit Center on Mills Station Road in Rancho Cordova, according to authorities.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Lykke Leonardsen, who runs Copenhagen’s Resilient and Sustainable City Solutions program and serves as the city’s informal water ambassador, told me that the intent was to hold hearings, win approval in August, and invest gradually.

— Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026