foreign policy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of foreign policy
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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“I fear there is a considerable risk of much higher gas and diesel prices in the weeks to come,” said Michael O’Hanlon, director of research of the foreign policy program at the Brookings Institution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
I wish I could say I’m clairvoyant, or that I have genius insight into U.S. foreign policy, but this was entirely predictable.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026
They returned to the Washington bureau in 1987 where he has covered the White House and reported on diplomacy and foreign policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Sisi, in an op-ed published in Egyptian media on Tuesday, highlighted Cairo's "independent foreign policy", days after a branch of Egypt's second-largest bank was targeted by US sanctions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Soon the storm will break loose,” he said to Oleg Troyanovsky, one of his top foreign policy aides, when they were back in the premier’s office in Moscow.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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