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plenipotentiary

[plen-uh-puh-ten-shee-er-ee, -shuh-ree] / ˌplɛn ə pəˈtɛn ʃiˌɛr i, -ʃə ri /
NOUN
spokesperson
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Speer was given a 20-year prison sentence while Fritz Sauckel, Hitler’s general plenipotentiary for labor mobilization, was hanged for almost exactly the same crimes.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 24, 2025

According to Marcin Horala, the Polish government's plenipotentiary responsible for overseeing the hub's construction, it is one of the most important projects underway in central and eastern Europe for military and civilian use.

From Reuters Nov. 21, 2022

Among those attending the event will be Newark town mayor Laurence Goff, Jan Dziedziczak, the Polish government's plenipotentiary for Poles abroad and Wojciech Labuda, the Polish Prime Minister's plenipotentiary for memorial site protection.

From BBC Nov. 6, 2022

The agency’s plenipotentiary conference, which takes place every four years, began on Monday in Bucharest, Romania.

From New York Times Sep. 28, 2022

And how has this proposition been received by the British plenipotentiary?

From The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery by Travers Twiss

They were appointed as "plenipotentiaries" and yet were instructed not take any final decisions without their cabinet's permission.

From BBC Oct. 11, 2021

In his biography, Will to Power, Ronan Fanning accused de Valera of failing to explain his strategy properly to the plenipotentiaries before the talks began.

From BBC Oct. 11, 2021

The US President, Woodrow Wilson, briefly raised the question of women’s political representation with his fellow plenipotentiaries, but few wished to see women’s rights recognized as a legitimate matter for international agreement.

From Time Apr. 2, 2015

They got little help from the French press, dazzled by the return to France of peacetime plenipotentiaries.

From Time Magazine Archive

The French plenipotentiaries at the Hague had already assented to their master engaging himself not to favour directly or indirectly "the enemies of the Prince of Orange, acknowledged King of England."

From William the Third by H. D. (Henry Duff) Traill




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