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foreign affairs
plural noun
- activities of a nation in its relationships with other nations; international relations.
foreign affairs
plural noun
- matters abroad that involve the homeland, such as relations with another country
- matters that do not involve the homeland
Word History and Origins
Origin of foreign affairs1
Example Sentences
Haiyang Lai, deputy director of China’s ministry of foreign affairs, pointed out that future conflicts in space could undermine the security of more than just those countries involved.
As a veteran of the police foreign affairs unit in China’s ninth-largest city, Hu, who is now 46, was roughly the equivalent of a mid-level detective in Dallas.
“Mexico has the right for it to be returned to Mexico,” said Sally Spener, foreign affairs officer at the commission.
He sits on the House financial services and foreign affairs committees.
A criminal investigation has begun and the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned Russian Ambassador Yuri Merzlyakov.
Not just selling the tapes but having them to mine for his memoirs, other foreign affairs books he wanted to write.
Like it or not, Americans today are just not that interested in foreign affairs.
Just this month he was profiled in the American journal Foreign Affairs.
On his arrival at Court the late Lord Deputy was received coolly, chiefly perhaps because foreign affairs engrossed all attention.
In foreign affairs he inclined strongly to the side of Spain, and opposed the king's marriage with Catherine of Portugal.
In foreign affairs the house, in its immense majority, abstained from even the faintest attempt at interference.
But meanwhile foreign affairs were tending to bring about changes yet more sweeping.
On the accession of this party to power Dumouriez became minister of foreign affairs.
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