statesman
Example Sentences
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This will be another stage in what those who work with Prince William call his development as a global statesman.
From BBC
Few statesmen fail to identify their own opinions as common sense, and Mr. Manchin is no exception.
Howard Wilkinson, now 82 and a long-time elder statesman of the game, was the last Englishman to lift the title with Leeds United in 1991-92, but in the league's previous guise as the First Division.
From BBC
"The Congolese statesman said that President Joao Lourenco put forward "some proposals" which he found "very interesting" and which, in terms of the search for peace in his country, could "contribute significantly"," the statement said.
From Barron's
Even Nick Saban, the sport’s elder statesman, pronounced it all but dead.
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