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a person (such as a diplomat) who has complete power to do business for a government
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Recent Examples of plenipotentiary
All empires have, like the Roman Empire, been… The American System and the World Organization
On the day our plenipotentiaries exchange their full powers, an immortal date will be inscribed in American diplomatic history.
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Ezequiel Padilla, Foreign Affairs, 10 Sep. 2024
These succeeded to the extent that a meeting was brought about in 1880 between plenipotentiaries of the three belligerents and the American Ministers accredited to those countries on board an American naval vessel in the harbor of Arica.
—Edwin M. Borchard, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2011
The hope of students of Latin-American affairs that the present protocol marks the termination of this bitter controversy may be somewhat tempered by the realization that this is not the first time that a protocol of adjustment has been signed by plenipotentiaries.
—Edwin M. Borchard, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2011
Walpole’s most frequent correspondent was Horace Mann, the British plenipotentiary in Florence, Italy.
—Catherine Ostler, WSJ, 15 Apr. 2022
Then came Bob, the king of Thailand’s valet plenipotentiary.
—Alejandro Varela, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019
Morris was eventually the United States’ plenipotentiary to France and spent years afterward touring Europe and having affairs there.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 4 June 2019
Ezequiel Padilla, Foreign Affairs, 10 Sep. 2024
These succeeded to the extent that a meeting was brought about in 1880 between plenipotentiaries of the three belligerents and the American Ministers accredited to those countries on board an American naval vessel in the harbor of Arica.
—Edwin M. Borchard, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2011
The hope of students of Latin-American affairs that the present protocol marks the termination of this bitter controversy may be somewhat tempered by the realization that this is not the first time that a protocol of adjustment has been signed by plenipotentiaries.
—Edwin M. Borchard, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2011
Walpole’s most frequent correspondent was Horace Mann, the British plenipotentiary in Florence, Italy.
—Catherine Ostler, WSJ, 15 Apr. 2022
Then came Bob, the king of Thailand’s valet plenipotentiary.
—Alejandro Varela, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019
Morris was eventually the United States’ plenipotentiary to France and spent years afterward touring Europe and having affairs there.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 4 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plenipotentiary
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Taylor Zakhar Perez has booked a new role: Lacoste underwear ambassador.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Jan. 2025
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Identify decision-makers, sponsors, ambassadors and critics who impact your project.—
Chaitra Vedullapalli,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Since Trump's victory, Musk has gone to bat for his Cabinet appointees on X, joined meetings with world leaders and diplomats, and even led opposition to a temporary spending bill passed in December.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Negotiations have been ongoing for two years, a third diplomat with knowledge of the release said, with several rounds of talks between the U.S. and Taliban mediated by the Qataris in Doha.—
Jennifer Jett,
NBC News,
22 Jan. 2025
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There have been stakeholder meetings about it throughout his presidency, with Gillibrand in particular acting as the movement’s emissary with top White House staff.—
Amanda Becker,
Them,
17 Jan. 2025
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Over the more than four decades that followed his presidency, Jimmy Carter built homes for Habitat for Humanity, traveled the globe as an emissary and oversaw his namesake organization on missions of peace, democracy and global health.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
30 Dec. 2024
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In the 1520s Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal legate of England, drove forward a similar program of moral and financial reform, winding up a further 29 monasteries.—
Crawford Gribben,
WSJ,
29 Apr. 2022
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The Franciscan Plano Carpini, who traveled the empire as papal legate in 1246, described a draconian tax collector demanding one in three boys from every Russian family, as well as unmarried women.—
Colin Thubron,
The New York Review of Books,
6 July 2021
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Trump has appointed several ultra-loyalist friends, such as Grenell, as special envoys and ambassadors.—
Andres Oppenheimer,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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As Steve Witkoff, Trump's Middle East envoy, implied to Haaretz on Jan. 22, Israeli-Saudi normalization is dead in the water as long as the war in Gaza continues.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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On Thursday afternoon Frederiksen emerged and, flanked by her foreign minister and her defense minister, made a statement.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2025
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After Frederiksen's conversation with Trump, Denmark's foreign minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen called a meeting for members of the foreign policy committee, per Reuters.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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Law enforcement, insurance investigators and attorneys are increasingly rely on digital forensics to investigate trucking and vehicle accident incidents.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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And as investigations into the origins of the fire continue, civil rights attorney Ben Crump has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Southern California Edison, alleging their mismanagement led to the Eaton Fire.—
Matt Friedman,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Plenipotentiary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plenipotentiary. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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