statecraft
Example Sentences
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But the country sits in a better position than its neighbours, after years of statecraft that have prepared it for a global energy crisis.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
Piling up resentments around the world is one heck of a form of statecraft.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
Adept at balancing ideological loyalty with pragmatic statecraft, Larijani will not attend the talks, but is central to Tehran's nuclear policy and strategic diplomacy.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
Douglass now recognized Lincoln’s early caution as wise statecraft, a way to hold together a North where many opposed slavery but balked at equality.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
In 4-Wind’s first exercise of statecraft, he abandoned the Zapotec allies who had helped him achieve the throne, aligned Tilantongo with the Toltec empire to the north, and attacked the Zapotec.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
