Examples of diplomat in a Sentence
The President will be meeting with foreign diplomats.
He's a talented architect but a poor diplomat.
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Born in 1871 in Jacksonville, Johnson was a prolific author, a musical theater song writer, a U.S. diplomat in Latin America under the Roosevelt administration, the first Black man to sit for the Florida bar and the first executive director of the NAACP.
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Camellia Burris, Miami Herald, 23 May 2024
His father was an American diplomat, and when the Communists took over China later that year, the family escaped by boat down the Pearl River.
—Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 21 May 2024
The death of Iran's president and its top diplomat deprives the country of two senior politicians at a time when Iran, and the broader region, is on edge because of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and recent direct military exchanges between Iran and Israel that risked sparking a wider regional war.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
The alternative is World War III. While the diplomats begin pressing their case, the rest of us should be doing everything possible to avert the coming catastrophe.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024
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Camellia Burris, Miami Herald, 23 May 2024
His father was an American diplomat, and when the Communists took over China later that year, the family escaped by boat down the Pearl River.
—Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 21 May 2024
The death of Iran's president and its top diplomat deprives the country of two senior politicians at a time when Iran, and the broader region, is on edge because of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and recent direct military exchanges between Iran and Israel that risked sparking a wider regional war.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
The alternative is World War III. While the diplomats begin pressing their case, the rest of us should be doing everything possible to avert the coming catastrophe.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024
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“Diplomat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/diplomat. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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diplomat
noun
dip·lo·mat
ˈdip-lə-ˌmat 
: a person employed or skilled in diplomacy
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