statesman

Example Sentences

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

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

He stayed on as Clinton's chief adviser after he left office in 2000 and helped him transition from president into a jet-setting elder statesman.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

But Nvidia is now in the odd position of having to play elder statesman, if only to temper some of the wilder views about AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

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

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

He was a leader, a "statesman" who carried our problems to those above us, even unto the White House; and in days past he had conducted the President himself about the campus.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison