diplomatic corps
Americannoun
noun
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Unlike many developing countries, Pakistan boasts a competent diplomatic corps staffed by officers fluent in English.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Mr. Tarnoff was part of a cohort of Foreign Service officers who, inspired by the words of President John F. Kennedy, joined the American diplomatic corps in the early 1960s.
From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2023
This was the key accomplishment of this meeting, regardless of the intentions going into it: The world’s two most powerful countries—their leaders, diplomatic corps, and military officers—are talking again.
From Slate • Nov. 16, 2023
Larbaoui, the incoming prime minister, rose from being an athlete on Algeria‘s national handball team to a member of the country’s diplomatic corps, having served as Algeria‘s ambassador to Egypt and the United Nations.
From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2023
Headlines like “Untouchability Banished in India: Worshipped in America,” which appeared in a Bombay newspaper in 1951, mortified the US diplomatic corps.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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