foreign minister

noun

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as in ambassador

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Recent Examples of foreign minister The incident occurred hours after Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi concluded negotiations in Oman to resolve the Hormuz standoff with his Omani and Qatari counterparts. — Carson Swick, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026 Iran said Saturday that the new financial measure was a violation of the preliminary deal the two warring countries struck last month as its foreign minister reportedly arrived in Oman for talks. — Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 11 July 2026 Gulf Arab countries also held calls with Qatar's foreign minister. — Arkansas Online, 11 July 2026 That suggestion has been met with skepticism on Capitol Hill and abroad, with Syria’s foreign minister telling Lebanon’s president earlier this month that officials had ruled it out. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 8 July 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
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  • Christina Giaquinto is an organizing expert and spiritual life coach who served as a brand ambassador and organizing expert for Modular Closets.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The line between star, character and brand ambassador has disappeared.
    — Ashlee Difuntorum, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of ambassador
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  • The appointment makes Miliband Britain’s top diplomat and a principal counterpart to Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a time when Burnham is seeking to preserve close ties with Washington.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
  • The business also attracted high profile clients like diplomats and actors.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026
Definition of diplomat
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  • 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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  • Also on Wednesday, Saudi Arabia struck Iranian proxies in Iraq, after months of resisting being pulled into the conflict.
    — Salma Arafa, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
  • This was often seen as a proxy for player skill, as more advanced players could better handle the cognitive rush of commanding dozens of units across multiple fronts, presumably leading to more effective play, eventually overwhelming the opponent.
    — Nnamdi Iregbulem, Fortune, 29 July 2026
Definition of proxy
Noun
  • Sleep, diet and other factors can cause regular fluctuations for men.
    — Kathleen Felton, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2026
  • One possible factor for the influx is a recent Spanish Supreme Court ruling that eased deportation rules for migrants entering Ceuta or Melilla.
    — Miguel Macias, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of factor
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  • The governor now picks one of three finalists named by a nominating commission controlled by attorneys.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The county attorney presented a plan to sue several big pharma companies for the deceptive marketing practices that triggered the opioid epidemic, following the pattern established by lawsuits filed against tobacco companies starting in the 1990s.
    — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of attorney
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  • 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
  • Despite leadership development being a top HR priority, 80% of firms lack confidence in their pipelines, indicating a critical underinvestment in developing managers' cognitive and psychological capabilities.
    — Cindy Rodriguez Constable, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Factory managers were often on the defensive, since raising vision problems could sound like a critique of their management.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 31 July 2026
Definition of manager

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