foreign affairs

plural noun

: matters having to do with international relations and with the interests of the home country in foreign countries

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Ideas By Ian Bremmer October 25, 2024 1:00 PM EDT Ian Bremmer is a foreign affairs columnist and editor-at-large at TIME. —

Ian Bremmer, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024 Andrea Mitchell Andrea Mitchell is chief Washington correspondent and chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC News. —

Abigail Williams, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024 They were charged with dozens of hacking attacks during a five-year period, almost all of them against Americans involved in national security or foreign affairs. —

David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024 Based in Washington, D.C., Brennan is also the Network's chief foreign affairs correspondent and a contributing correspondent to 60 Minutes. —

Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for foreign affairs

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of foreign affairs was in 1611

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“Foreign affairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20affairs. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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