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as in ambassador
a person sent on a mission to represent another
the president sent the secretary of state as his personal envoy to gain the support of the country's allies
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as in deputy
a person who acts or does business for another
one of the students was chosen as the club's envoy in meetings with the principal
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Recent Examples of envoy
Mauricio Claver-Carone, Trump’s special envoy to Latin America, confirmed Grenell’s visit to Caracas in a conference call with journalists on Friday.
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Regina Garcia Cano, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
Trump's envoy to the Middle East, businessman Steve Witkoff, played a large role in first reaching the deal earlier this month.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
But it was revived last year by Mr. Kushner and Richard Grenell, who served as special envoy to the Balkans in the first Trump administration and more recently had been Mr. Kushner’s business partner.
—Eric Lipton, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Trump has appointed several ultra-loyalist friends, such as Grenell, as special envoys and ambassadors.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
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Regina Garcia Cano, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
Trump's envoy to the Middle East, businessman Steve Witkoff, played a large role in first reaching the deal earlier this month.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025
But it was revived last year by Mr. Kushner and Richard Grenell, who served as special envoy to the Balkans in the first Trump administration and more recently had been Mr. Kushner’s business partner.
—Eric Lipton, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Trump has appointed several ultra-loyalist friends, such as Grenell, as special envoys and ambassadors.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for envoy
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Having been tapped by President Trump, very soon Rep. Elise Stefanik will step away from her upstate congressional district and make a fine ambassador to the United Nations, taking on the Russians, Chinese, Iranians, North Koreans and various other dictators and tyrants on the East Side.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2025
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Courts have uniformly interpreted the phrase to exclude only children born to people whose allegiance is to another country, such as foreign ambassadors or invading soldiers.—
Ashley Oliver,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
3 Feb. 2025
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In reality, since 2000 the canal has been operated by the Panama Canal Authority, whose administrator, deputy administrator and 11-member board are selected by Panama’s government but operate independently.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN,
31 Jan. 2025
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Patel, a staunch Trump ally, was the acting deputy director of national intelligence during the last year of Trump's first presidency.—
Mike Levine,
ABC News,
30 Jan. 2025
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Sanders did well among working-class voters and in the most populous states but ultimately had fewer delegates at the 2016 national convention than Hillary Clinton.—
Ron Elving,
NPR,
1 Feb. 2025
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The Anne Arundel County Democratic Central Committee selected Dylan Behler to fill the open District 30A delegate seat after Shaneka Henson was promoted to the Maryland Senate.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Feb. 2025
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Zelensky added that Norwegian diplomatic representatives were in the epicenter of the attack but avoided harm.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
1 Feb. 2025
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But his departure was apparently stymied when representatives of The Walk began to escort Kyoko (living under the name Ruth Holman) to and from her Hollywood high school.—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
1 Feb. 2025
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There, the Taliban's deputy minister of economy, Abdul Latif Nazari, said that around 50 national and international aid organizations had their operations suspended, partly or entirely, across Afghanistan.—
Diaa Hadid,
NPR,
3 Feb. 2025
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Musk seems to be a minister without a portfolio in charge of some no-goodnik cabal.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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The agents also argued more indie films are being packaged and pre-sold to distributors outside of the festival, with Sundance chasing more true discoveries and a slate that leans very indie.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
4 Feb. 2025
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Murphy died Sunday of cancer at his home in Kent, England, his agent, Thomas Bowington, announced.—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Feb. 2025
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The new trademark application by the WNBA is the only submission from the professional women’s basketball league since early December, according to Josh Gerben, a trademark attorney at Gerben IP, who is not involved with the specific filing.—
Jessica Golden,
CNBC,
31 Jan. 2025
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Duggins was also a civil rights attorney with the nonprofit Civil Rights Corps, according to a profile on the organization's website.—
Cara Tabachnick,
CBS News,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Envoy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envoy. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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