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
He wants to insult the diplomatic corps and to show foreign leaders how slight he regards their status.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2024
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
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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