diplomatist

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Recent Examples of diplomatist The trouble, rather, is that even our top foreign-policy experts and our most sophisticated diplomatists are creatures of our own cultural heritage and intellectual environment. Nicholas Eberstadt, National Review, 11 Sep. 2017
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Noun
  • Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi reportedly told the European Union’s top diplomat earlier this month that Beijing can’t accept Russia losing its war against Ukraine as this could allow the United States to turn its full attention to China.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
  • While the Israelis have reportedly agreed to move troops farther away from key corridors, some question if Israeli diplomats shuttling to Qatar and Egypt for talks actually have the mandate to negotiate.
    Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • Lisa Price, founder of Carol’s Daughter; media maven Angela Yee; Genesis Dominguez of Honey Beauty NYC; and celebrity stylist and Sally Beauty ambassador Gregory Patterson were among the panel participants.
    Essence, Essence, 21 July 2025
  • President Donald Trump last week named outspoken author and political commentator Adams as the White House's nominee for U.S. ambassador to Malaysia.
    Mandy Leong, USA Today, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • All empires have, like the Roman Empire, been… The American System and the World Organization On the day our plenipotentiaries exchange their full powers, an immortal date will be inscribed in American diplomatic history.
    Ezequiel Padilla, Foreign Affairs, 10 Sep. 2024
  • These succeeded to the extent that a meeting was brought about in 1880 between plenipotentiaries of the three belligerents and the American Ministers accredited to those countries on board an American naval vessel in the harbor of Arica.
    Edwin M. Borchard, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2011
Noun
  • However, papal legates—diplomatic representatives—continue their external functions.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
  • In the 1520s Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal legate of England, drove forward a similar program of moral and financial reform, winding up a further 29 monasteries.
    Crawford Gribben, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022
Noun
  • There are, however, some officials who, as needed, can act as emissaries, even if the cardinals themselves cannot leave until a successful ballot is cast, meaning one cardinal receives two-thirds of the votes and is elected pope.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • Previously, Abbas had served as a longtime PLO functionary, acting as the group’s foreign emissary and fundraiser.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • As Southeast Asian foreign ministers met in Kuala Lumpur on July 10-11, U.S tariff issues hovered over them like a menace.
    Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 14 July 2025
  • President Trump got the foreign ministers of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to the White House June 27 to sign a peace deal to end their 30-year war.
    Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025

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“Diplomatist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diplomatist. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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