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Instead, Xi may use the summit to project an image of statesman-like stability, in contrast with the turbulence unleashed by his US visitor -- and avoid Iran altogether.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

“It’s time we work together to restore trust,” Price said in October, statesman-like after decades in elected office.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2023

Microsoft is even revered as a statesman-like elder among technology giants, unlike bad bad Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2019

That Dylan then trotted out for a dry, statesman-like rendering "Maggie's Farm" would have been superfluous were it not for the clearly psyched accompanying growlings from the two obviously thrilled younger bands. 

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2011

It was in the form of one of those interpretations which, becoming associated with Mr. Wilson's name, shook public confidence in certain of the statesman-like qualities with which he had at first been credited.

From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Dillon, Emile Joseph