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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.
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Nicholas Eberstadt, National Review, 11 Sep. 2017
Nicholas Eberstadt, National Review, 11 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diplomatist
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This was the case last month at a meeting of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which regulates pollution from the international shipping fleet, where US diplomats acted in concert with major oil-producing nations to scuttle what would have been the world’s first carbon tax.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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The move, widely seen as an abandonment of long-standing arms control traditions, has alarmed diplomats and security analysts worldwide.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Carved into 50,000 carats of jewels, the aquamarine became a global ambassador for Brazilian craftsmanship, cementing both the country’s reputation for fine gems and Sauer’s name in the industry.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
2 Nov. 2025
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But Nigeria does not currently have an ambassador or high profile special envoy to have helped get ahead of this.—
Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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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
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Walpole’s most frequent correspondent was Horace Mann, the British plenipotentiary in Florence, Italy.—
Catherine Ostler,
WSJ,
15 Apr. 2022
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However, papal legates—diplomatic representatives—continue their external functions.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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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
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Volar, a dating app that launched in late 2023, even let people train an AI version of themselves that flirted with someone else’s AI as a pre‑date screening, like two emissaries handling the small talk before the generals sit down.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
22 Oct. 2025
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Trump’s administration was right to send an emissary after ICE’s Hyundai raid to express regret and negotiate a new business visa process for South Koreans, despite criticism from the more anti-immigrant MAGA base.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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In September, four former DPP staffers were jailed for espionage, including a former aide to President Lai, and a senior staffer to Joseph Wu, then foreign minister and now the head of the NSC.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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In comments on Wednesday, Russia’s deputy foreign minister mentioned the New START treaty, an agreement that came into force in 2011, in which the US and Russia pledged to limit their arsenals of nuclear arms.—
Anna Chernova,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Diplomatist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diplomatist. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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