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a person sent on a mission to represent another
the president sent the secretary of state as his personal envoy to gain the support of the country's allies
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a person who acts or does business for another
one of the students was chosen as the club's envoy in meetings with the principal
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Recent Examples of envoys
Decrees announcing dismissals and new appointments of Kyiv's envoys were issued on the president's website on Saturday.
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Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Previous hostage affairs envoys worked out of the State Department.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
Canada expelled six Indian diplomats, including the high commissioner, after police linked the envoys to homicides, extortion and other violent acts against Sikh separatists in the country, including Nijjar.
—Lex Harvey, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
Argentina, home to one of the world's largest shale reserves, also pulled its envoys out merely three days in to the conference.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Over the subsequent two decades, Khamenei has repeatedly mentioned this prohibition, as have the Iranian envoys negotiating with the IAEA.
—Carol E. B. Choksy, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
Even more frustrating to Ukraine’s allies, some of them said, is that envoys who raise the issue have received little response from their Indian counterparts.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
The countries would then station special envoys there dedicated to hashing out a new agreement.
—Michael McFaul, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2022
At other times, American envoys have conducted several rounds of shuttling before getting results.
—Andrew P. Miller, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2024
Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
Previous hostage affairs envoys worked out of the State Department.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
Canada expelled six Indian diplomats, including the high commissioner, after police linked the envoys to homicides, extortion and other violent acts against Sikh separatists in the country, including Nijjar.
—Lex Harvey, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
Argentina, home to one of the world's largest shale reserves, also pulled its envoys out merely three days in to the conference.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
Over the subsequent two decades, Khamenei has repeatedly mentioned this prohibition, as have the Iranian envoys negotiating with the IAEA.
—Carol E. B. Choksy, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
Even more frustrating to Ukraine’s allies, some of them said, is that envoys who raise the issue have received little response from their Indian counterparts.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
The countries would then station special envoys there dedicated to hashing out a new agreement.
—Michael McFaul, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2022
At other times, American envoys have conducted several rounds of shuttling before getting results.
—Andrew P. Miller, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for envoys
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That is not unusual for those appointed as ambassadors to smaller or less politically significant assignments, which often go to top donors, party officials, business leaders, star athletes or other high-profile figures.Chris Cameron, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Our ambassadors represent our school at events and also lead tours of our building to prospective students and families as well as visitors and business partners.Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 20 Dec. 2024
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But representatives from our State Department have not joined them.Tony Hunter, Sun Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
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They are filled mostly with experts from academia, government and civil society groups, as well as student representatives, and are excluding political parties from their initial work.Saif Hasnat Atul Loke, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Other ministers told their flocks that God was present even in painful, traumatic moments.Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
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According to the Universal Life Church's database, there are a plethora of Hollywood stars who are ministers, including Adele, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cardi B, Kathy Griffin, Whoopi Goldberg, Dwayne Johnson and Tom Hanks.Gil Macias, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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Mitchell offered awards of $250 gift cards to agents in his brokerage who made the most referrals to Rocket Mortgage, according to the legal complaint.Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
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By consolidating data, preparing your team and refining processes, AI agents can deliver transformative results while positioning your business for sustained innovation and growth.Afif Khoury, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Also, the plaintiffs’ attorneys wrote that numerous courts have held First Amendment rights exist in libraries.Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
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The charge was dismissed last July after Baldwin's attorneys alleged prosecutors had buried evidence.Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Envoys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envoys. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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