foreign policy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of foreign policy
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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He fled to Thailand in 1997 and spent years working as a journalist, later writing for publications such as the New York Times and Foreign Policy.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2026
Iranian parliamentarian Ebrahim Rezaei, a spokesperson for Iran's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, wrote on X that the 14 points reported by Axios amounted to a US "wish list".
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Evie Aspinall, director of the British Foreign Policy Group think tank, said that the UK would not want to be "seen as a key party in this conflict".
From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026
Lara previously covered the Pentagon and national security for Foreign Policy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026
Security and danger, prosperity and stagnation, peace and war, tranquillity and embarrassment—yes, life and death, will be weighed in the scale of Foreign Policy.
From Select Speeches of Kossuth by Newman, Francis William
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