statesman

Example Sentences

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Cook morphed into the closest thing the corporate world has to a statesman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

If McIlroy’s not the face of golf, he is undeniably its statesman, a little grayer and wiser than a champion his age should be.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

"He is a soldier, a statesman and a diplomat," Islamabad-based political analyst Qamar Cheema told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

That he’d become something, in other words, resembling a statesman.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

We consider George Washington a statesman because he spent tax money on widely admired programs and did not enrich himself as president.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond