emissary

Example Sentences

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Steve Witkoff, Trump’s former fellow real-estate tycoon, now his chief emissary to crises around the world, suggested as much in an interview on Fox News over the weekend.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

And nothing illustrates that better than the man Trump has deployed as his lead emissary in the negotiations: Army Secretary Daniel P. Driscoll.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025

Created as a refuge for Jewish musicians fleeing Nazi persecution, it became, with Israel’s founding in 1948, a cultural emissary for its home country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

He said that when his emissary started negotiations with Iranians to get them to give up their nuclear program, he gave them a 60-day deadline—and “today is 61, right?”

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2025

“Only an emissary, remember? I shall be in the courtyard if you need me.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern