diplomat
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A career diplomat, Sir Christian was appointed UK ambassador to the US in December.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
Davis, the top US embassy official as the charge d'affaires but not a Senate-confirmed ambassador, was named by the Trump administration last May after her predecessor, fellow career diplomat Bridget Brink, stepped down.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
Jean Karydakis, a diplomat at Brazil's mission in Geneva, said he thought a deal was possible even if the differences were "by no means negligible."
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
An American diplomat and his Chinese counterpart pried the combatants apart.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
This sentence is encumbered, among other things, by a long stretch between the filler of the relative clause, the former United Nations diplomat, and the gap after tapped seven words later.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing diplomat
English Words Derived from French, List 1
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