Thesaurus results for EMISSARIES

emissaries

noun

plural of emissary

as in ambassadors

a person sent on a mission to represent another most of the industrialized nations of the world sent emissaries to the conference on global warming

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a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country the embassy's staff likely contains at least one emissary who reports to the home country's chief of intelligence

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Recent Examples of emissaries Woven through her narrative are accounts of her parents’ experiences as Chabad emissaries in ’70s-era Berkeley, California. — Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 28 Oct. 2026 Israeli law generally requires citizens to vote in person in the country, with narrow exceptions for diplomats and certain official emissaries abroad. — Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026 See pictures from the funeral below, along with a list of the foreign emissaries who attended. — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 9 Sep. 2026 According to the news release, the school is also expanding its participation in the Shinshinim program—two new young emissaries from Israel will join the school for a year before their army service. — Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026 Sick of It All were NYHC’s most welcoming emissaries, and their mouthpiece was Lou Koller, whose death was announced Friday. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2026 The president’s top-two emissaries also happen to be the highest-profile potential candidates to succeed him. — Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026 In 2021, Biden emissaries turned to the Roman Catholic Church for help, former Biden-era officials told USA TODAY. — Rick Jervis, USA Today, 13 May 2026 Expect emissaries from the ever-changing world of media. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026

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Noun

The dispute is also triggering diplomatic fallout, with at least three Polish ambassadors resigning in protest.

— Tyler Speicher, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
The center was publicly unveiled Friday by current and former administrators at South Holland School District 151, along with a handful of student ambassadors.

— Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

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The latest season, currently being aired, depicts a fictional Chinese intelligence agency capturing and torturing some of the Japanese spies.

— Reuters, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
The National Security Division’s Counterintelligence and Export Control section, which prosecutes spies, is assisting the DOJ in the case.

— Benjamin Guggenheim, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

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Less than two decades later, the bond was tested by a scandal known as the XYZ Affair, in which France’s foreign minister, Talleyrand, demanded bribes from American envoys to Paris.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Trump’s envoys have also proposed that Europe increase purchases of Russian gas as part of an effort to gain the Kremlin’s support for peace—further complicating the efforts of Ukraine and its remainingallies to squeeze Russia.

— Tatiana Mitrova, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2026

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The article revealed that Democratic campaign operatives were attempting to recruit a candidate, whom Republicans claim could confuse voters and siphon support from GOP incumbent Dan Sullivan.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026
The New York Times published a report earlier Wednesday saying the Peltola campaign coordinated with Democratic operatives to recruit a second Dan Sullivan to be on the Senate ballot to deliberately confuse voters.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2026

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The Times reached out to the actor’s representatives for details including the birth date and gender of the child but did not hear back.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
The Sacramento Bee’s calls to the hotels went unanswered, and calls to the media representatives listed on Hilton’s website were unsuccessful.

— Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of representatives

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Federal agents were still detaining undocumented immigrants across the state, and Latino residents — the state’s largest ethnic group at 41% — were suffering under the crushing cost of food, gas and housing.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
The Justice Department previously said that neither FBI employees nor ICE agents will be monitoring polling places.

— Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of agents

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The delegates would likely have been chosen through a party primary in May 2027 and a general election in August 2027, the report said.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Threatened plants and animals have been the focus for the past two weeks in Armenia, where delegates from around the world have gathered for the United Nations summit on biodiversity.

— Eric Niiler, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2026

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