plenipotentiary

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Recent Examples on the Web 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 These succeeded to the extent that a meeting was brought about in 1880 between plenipotentiaries of the three belligerents and the American Ministers accredited to those countries on board an American naval vessel in the harbor of Arica. Edwin M. Borchard, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2011 The hope of students of Latin-American affairs that the present protocol marks the termination of this bitter controversy may be somewhat tempered by the realization that this is not the first time that a protocol of adjustment has been signed by plenipotentiaries. Edwin M. Borchard, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2011 Walpole’s most frequent correspondent was Horace Mann, the British plenipotentiary in Florence, Italy. Catherine Ostler, WSJ, 15 Apr. 2022 Then came Bob, the king of Thailand’s valet plenipotentiary. Alejandro Varela, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019 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

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“Plenipotentiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plenipotentiary. Accessed 9 Oct. 2024.

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