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
When the future empress of Japan entered the country’s elite diplomatic corps in 1987, a year after a major equal employment law went into effect, she was one of only three female recruits.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2024
Hassilev attended Harvard for a year, but dissatisfied with the Ivy League atmosphere, he transferred to the University of Chicago with the idea of going into the diplomatic corps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
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
The Foreign Service is split into two parts, the diplomatic corps and the cultural staff.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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