statesman

Example Sentences

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Letterman is enjoying his elder statesman status with an interview show on Netflix, “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction,” that he makes on his own schedule.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

Cook morphed into the closest thing the corporate world has to a statesman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

"He is a soldier, a statesman and a diplomat," Islamabad-based political analyst Qamar Cheema told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

That he’d become something, in other words, resembling a statesman.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

Like Jefferson—indeed, like any self-respecting statesman of the era, save perhaps Burr—Adams had no intention of campaigning for the office.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis