foreign secretary
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of foreign secretary
First recorded in 1650–60
Example Sentences
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Britain’s new foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, has taken the U.K.’s governor seat at the World Bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Dame Priti Patel has also been replaced as shadow foreign secretary by Tom Tugendhat.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
To date, Mexico has received partial or no responses to complaints sent to the eight states where the 17 deaths of Mexican citizens occurred, Roberto Velasco, Mexican’s foreign secretary, said last week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Ed Miliband, now Britain’s foreign secretary, praised Hobsbawm for bringing “history out of the ivory tower and into people’s lives.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Back in his private room, Stalin told his foreign secretary, “We’ll have to have a talk with Kurchatov today about speeding up our work.”
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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