statesperson

Example Sentences

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He is “acting as a senior statesperson who is helping to shore up the financial industry in a time of crisis of confidence,” said Mike Mayo, a longtime banking analyst.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023

For him, the Queen was "incredible as a statesperson, in that she brought everyone together".

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2022

“Before this experience, I didn’t know that community could coexist with industry,” agrees Jacobs, who is the cast’s elder statesperson, with roughly 25 credits since 2007.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2022

And Booker, even as he lamented the Gabbard kerfuffle, called Clinton an “extraordinary statesperson in our party.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2019

You have, in a very short span of time, become your own elder statesperson.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2019