nuncios

noun

plural of nuncio
as in attachés

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  1. diplomats
  2. proxies
  3. deputies
  4. missionaries
Noun
  • Ethiopia on Thursday ordered 10 Eritrean diplomats to leave and announced the closure of its embassy in Eritrea.
    — Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said the government had notified the Dutch Embassy in Israel that its diplomats in Ramallah had to leave within one week.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of diplomats
Noun
  • Iran’s proxies have proven useful in adding pressure on Washington’s allies in the region.
    — Sarah Tamimi, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Hammer’s insistence that his show uses its guests as educational proxies to teach its viewers what not to do, and how not to live, feels far more suspect than Springer’s goofy raison d’être, and way less fun.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of proxies
Noun
  • According to the sheriff’s office, deputies began to administer first aid to Thaxton until an ambulance arrived.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Iza admitted to hiring off-duty sheriff’s deputies to provide him with personal security from August 2021 through April 2022.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of deputies
Noun
  • The native people of this region were not wiped out by smallpox and instead established an independent kingdom that blends a traditional monarchy with Catholicism, thanks to the efforts of some earlier missionaries.
    — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The coding missionaries of the twenty-tens made errors both practical and philosophical.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of missionaries
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“Nuncios.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuncios. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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