statesman

Example Sentences

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Mr. Orbán was ultimately more impresario than statesman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 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

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

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

Dimon is seen as a de facto statesman for the financial industry and had carefully maintained ties with President Trump since his return to the White House.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

A. without a single pretension to the character of a soldier, a perfect Quixote as a statesman.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis