How to Use foreign affairs in a Sentence

foreign affairs

plural noun
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  • Ignatius is a foreign affairs columnist for The Washington Post and the author of a ton of spy thrillers over the years.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Impressed by his knowledge of foreign affairs and language skills, The Times hired him as a copy boy.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 9 July 2023
  • What the Fox News host's flip-flop on the invasion of Ukraine says about his influence and read on foreign affairs.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Both the ministry and Ukraine’s first deputy minister of foreign affairs shared images of the mosque to Twitter.
    — Joel Shannon, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Slutsky is the head of the state Duma's foreign affairs committee.
    — Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2024
  • So Menendez is cooked, and President Biden has a wider lane in foreign affairs now.
    — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 23 Sep. 2023
  • And very few pages in those papers were devoted to foreign affairs.
    — Dexter Fergie, The New Republic, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Hasan Akhund, the former acting minister of foreign affairs, went so far as to urge Afghans who worked with the U.S. and had fled to return to the country.
    — Fox News, 1 Dec. 2021
  • And that, in turn, would require informing the public about foreign affairs.
    — Andrew Lanham, The New Republic, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The comments highlight the intraparty divide over how involved the U.S. should be in foreign affairs.
    — Brittany Bernstein, National Review, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The French foreign affairs ministry and Macron’s office did not respond to requests for comment.
    — Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
  • But his rhetoric and self-regard have long exceeded France’s power and Mr. Macron’s skills and instincts in foreign affairs.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 20 June 2022
  • Adam Taylor writes about foreign affairs for The Washington Post.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Adam Taylor writes about foreign affairs for The Washington Post.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
  • But a majority floor vote was required to boot Omar from foreign affairs.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Fred Mitchell, the island nation’s minister of foreign affairs, said an attempt to block removal from the Bahamas could drag on for months or even years.
    — Jim Wyss, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Dec. 2022
  • What's clear is that foreign affairs and geopolitics have returned as issues that could shape the opinions of U.S. voters.
    — Josh Boak, ajc, 18 May 2022
  • Tariq Aziz was his deputy prime minister, at one point, and his minister of foreign affairs.
    — Peter Bergen, CNN, 14 Mar. 2023
  • That’s a higher proportion than the overall 27 percent of Americans who spend more to deal with their qualms about the economy and foreign affairs.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The clock on that deadline was to start once Venezuela’s foreign affairs ministry notified U.S. officials of the judge’s decision.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Minister of foreign affairs for Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba did not shoot the idea down in a briefing with reporters yesterday.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Anyone interested in foreign affairs has an opinion about the war, but how do Ukrainians feel?
    — Daniel Twining, WSJ, 6 May 2022
  • Christodoulides left his role as the minister of foreign affairs to run as an independent backed by centrist parties.
    — Quartz, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Mary Welsh was the first woman reporting on foreign affairs for Time magazine from wartime London.
    — Timothy Christian, Town & Country, 1 Mar. 2022
  • In Guatemala, her home country, the ministry of foreign affairs would call for a thorough investigation.
    — Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 21 June 2024
  • The head of Peru’s army then resigned, along with four ministers, including those over foreign affairs and the economy.
    — Franklin Briceno, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The head of Peru's army then resigned, along with four ministers, including those over foreign affairs and the economy.
    — Franklin Briceño, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2022
  • And there is nothing similar to the claim in any recent statements by China's defense or foreign affairs ministries.
    — Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
  • Haitian lawmakers assailed their minister of foreign affairs over the deal.
    — New York Times, 20 May 2022
  • Voters who watched the entire 59 minutes, particularly supporters, saw a veteran of foreign affairs who could speak with authority about wars in Gaza and Ukraine, with a bit of rambling in between.
    — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024

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