1
as in ambassador
a person sent on a mission to represent another
most of the industrialized nations of the world sent emissaries to the conference on global warming
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as in spy
a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country
the embassy's staff likely contains at least one emissary who reports to the home country's chief of intelligence
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Recent Examples of emissary
What does this mean for the ubiquitous AI emissary, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang, who wasn’t at the press conference?
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R. Scott Raynovich, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
They are communicated publicly in pronouncements by senior officials and privately by emissaries.
—Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 15 Jan. 2025
The security droids continue to buy Jod's lies about being a Jedi emissary, as lightsabers are a rare thing and, as far as everyone on the planet knows, the Order is still alive and well.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Kogan's life was a reflection of the incredible mission of Chabad emissaries worldwide—selfless men and women who dedicate their lives to bringing light to even the darkest corners of the earth.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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R. Scott Raynovich, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
They are communicated publicly in pronouncements by senior officials and privately by emissaries.
—Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 15 Jan. 2025
The security droids continue to buy Jod's lies about being a Jedi emissary, as lightsabers are a rare thing and, as far as everyone on the planet knows, the Order is still alive and well.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Kogan's life was a reflection of the incredible mission of Chabad emissaries worldwide—selfless men and women who dedicate their lives to bringing light to even the darkest corners of the earth.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emissary
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This foundation becomes your silent ambassador to the executive search community.—
Isabelita Castilho,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Earlier this year, the Oscar winner attended the Shanghai opening of Bulgari’s Serpenti Infinito exhibition in a strapless gold gown by Oscar de la Renta. Hathaway has been a brand ambassador for Bulgari since 2022.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
11 Mar. 2025
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Perhaps married spies, like the ones in Steven Soderbergh’s silky spy caper Black Bag, have the answer.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
6 Mar. 2025
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At the Four Seasons Koh Samui, a five-star hotel overlooking the Gulf of Thailand, staff study guests like spies watching their marks.—
Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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President Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow on Thursday ahead of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to flightradar data and a source familiar with the trip.—
Barak Ravid,
Axios,
13 Mar. 2025
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Putin raised questions regarding a 30-day ceasefire during a press briefing in Moscow on Thursday, as President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff landed in the city to discuss the proposal.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
13 Mar. 2025
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Tipping agent The reason the market is in a tizzy is that the tariffs could be the agent that tips the economy from a modest slowdown into a recession.—
Bob Pisani,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2025
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Many — if not most — of the people interested in buying burned lots have been developers, according to agents.—
Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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Just this week, Utah's representative Celeste Maloy introduced a bill to Congress that would allow states to choose whether or not to practice DST.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
9 Mar. 2025
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Victor Rud, an attorney and representative of the Ukrainian American Bar Association, has been vocal about the dangers of these policies.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Elements of her can be found on Lioness in Zoe Saldaña’s Joe McNamara, a CIA operative trying to save the world from the swarthy — terrorists in Season One, Mexican cartels in Season Two — while raising two girls.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2025
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Weighing just 157g, the headset is light enough for call center operatives to wear it for a full eight-hour working day.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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In August 1774, delegates to the First Virginia Convention reached out to Rind, asking her to publish a radical pamphlet authored by Jefferson about the rights of the Colonies.—
Alexandra Cox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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Other companies in the AV trucking space sent delegates, including Fernride, HubPilot, ISEE, Plus, Outrider, Stack, and Waabi.—
Richard Bishop,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Canada’s energy minister, Jonathan Wilkinson, warned last week that energy prices will rise in the U.S. if the tariffs on energy imports go into full effect.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
10 Mar. 2025
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He was appointed deputy governor of the Bank of Canada — which oversees the country's monetary policy — in 2003, and the following year became a senior associate deputy minister of finance.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Emissary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emissary. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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