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Recent Examples of nuncio
That same day the pontiff had met with apostolic nuncios and other papal representatives in the Vatican.
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Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
18 June 2025
Archbishop Angelo Roncalli had worked to save Jews while serving as nuncio, or ambassador, to Turkey, early in the Second World War, and had spent much of his time there in the company of Orthodox Christians and Muslims.
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Paul Elie,
The New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2025
After appealing to the papal nuncio and the patriarchate for help organizing an evacuation, a convoy left carrying around 30 residents — mostly families with children — escorted by the Lebanese military.
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Zoya Awky,
NBC News,
2 Oct. 2024
Viganò was recalled as U.S. ambassador, or apostolic nuncio, in 2016.
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Michelle Boorstein,
Washington Post,
5 July 2024
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Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
18 June 2025
Archbishop Angelo Roncalli had worked to save Jews while serving as nuncio, or ambassador, to Turkey, early in the Second World War, and had spent much of his time there in the company of Orthodox Christians and Muslims.
—
Paul Elie,
The New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2025
After appealing to the papal nuncio and the patriarchate for help organizing an evacuation, a convoy left carrying around 30 residents — mostly families with children — escorted by the Lebanese military.
—
Zoya Awky,
NBC News,
2 Oct. 2024
Viganò was recalled as U.S. ambassador, or apostolic nuncio, in 2016.
—
Michelle Boorstein,
Washington Post,
5 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nuncio
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The sultan learned about the American colonists’ war for independence indirectly, through the local French consul and European reports.
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Pablo Neruda played a key role when he was appointed Chile’s special consul for Spanish immigration.
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The District of Columbia's most affluent suburb is McLean, home to diplomats and spies.
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While no regional power is currently capable of replacing the US as the Gulf’s security guarantor, officials are increasingly contemplating a future in which Washington plays a much smaller role in the regional security architecture, the diplomat said.
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Andrei Vyshinsky, procurator general in the 1930s, had overseen Stalin’s horrendous purges of millions of ordinary citizens – plus most of the members of the Communist Party Central Committee and top Soviet generals.
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The procurator of Roman Britain, Catus Decianus, ordered an extra two hundred men to Camulodunum and figured the problem was solved.
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Gonzalez refused to speak to deputies during his arrest or his interrogation, authorities said.
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Likewise, the board has approved several permanent replacements selected by Chait for top administrators who are leaving the district, including the departing deputy superintendent of instruction, Karla Estrada.
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Trump’s critics, especially in Israel, worry that the agreement effectively allows Iran to repair a proxy force diminished by months of Israeli pummeling.
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Ironically, the result is that homes scarred by war—including the ongoing conflict with Iran and its proxy Hezbollah—are going unrepaired.
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However, papal legates—diplomatic representatives—continue their external functions.
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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.
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“Nuncio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuncio. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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