foreign minister

noun

Definition of foreign ministernext
as in ambassador

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Recent Examples of foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi, a senior negotiator and deputy foreign minister, denied any talks had been scheduled, in comments published by IRNA. — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 29 June 2026 Kenya’s foreign minister flew to Moscow in March to demand that Russia stop recruiting Kenyans, describing the pipeline bringing Kenyan citizens to Russia as a human trafficking ring. — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 28 June 2026 The top negotiators are Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister and Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf an Iranian politician and former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps brigadier general, who has served as Iran’s Speaker of the Parliament since 2020. — Natasha Lindstaedt, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 Kazem Gharibabadi, a Iranian deputy foreign minister, took his own shot at Grossi after his remarks, saying Tehran didn’t meet with him while in Switzerland. — ABC News, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for foreign minister
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreign minister
  1. ambassador
  2. diplomat
  3. plenipotentiary
  4. proxy
  5. factor
  6. attorney
  7. diplomatist
  8. manager
Noun
  • My family was comfortable in the sense that my mother worked for the Canadian ambassador as their main cook.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026
  • As an ambassador for Cystic Fibrosis Ireland, Howard is conscious of what his appearance at The Open could mean to younger people living with the condition and to their families.
    — Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of ambassador
Noun
  • The hotel is regularly used by overseas visitors to Syria, including diplomats, NGO workers and journalists.
    — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
  • The 73-year-old Tokayev, a former Soviet official and diplomat who previously served at the United Nations, has led the oil-rich Central Asian country of 20 million people since 2019.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2026
Definition of diplomat
Noun
  • Walpole’s most frequent correspondent was Horace Mann, the British plenipotentiary in Florence, Italy.
    — Catherine Ostler, WSJ, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Morris was eventually the United States’ plenipotentiary to France and spent years afterward touring Europe and having affairs there.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 4 June 2019
Definition of plenipotentiary
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  • The stock has also come under pressure following the unwind of the SpaceX proxy trade.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • This may not be possible in such an opaque proxy war including so much area and such large actors.
    — Ivan Buendia Gayton, STAT, 7 July 2026
Definition of proxy
Noun
  • State leaders pointed to existing defense assets, manufacturing capacity, and workforce as key factors in attracting the company.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 4 July 2026
  • For instance, France is favored more by markets, reflecting factors beyond pure team strength, while Argentina and Morocco show higher probabilities in the FIFA model.
    — Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of factor
Noun
  • News cameras will be allowed to record and broadcast much of the hearing, the judge ruled last week over the objections of Robinson’s attorneys.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • The crucial pretrial hearing was pushed back as prosecutors and defense attorneys sparred over what evidence could be presented and if cameras would be allowed in the courtroom.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of attorney
Noun
  • 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
Definition of diplomatist
Noun
  • Kelce played a bully of a restaurant manager who fires a busboy (played by Bad Bunny).
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • Offers three-credit-bureau monitoring, VPN, dark web monitoring, password manager, email aliases and instant credit lock.
    — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 3 July 2026
Definition of manager

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