noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
shuttle diplomacy
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
international
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Its sense of familiarity marks for the first time his ease within an international world of diplomacy .
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In this way, the weakest contestants demonstrated that even they could influence the course of international diplomacy .
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It is impossible, in a short space, to full convey the complexities of international diplomacy throughout these years.
secret
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In the realm of secret diplomacy it would appear that public opinion had only a very minor role to play.
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The justification for this secret diplomacy was that a loud voice would not have produced better results.
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Parliament must exercise democratic control over the conduct of foreign policy. Secret diplomacy must be abolished. 3.
■ NOUN
shuttle
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Clinton did some frantic shuttle diplomacy , but there was nothing doing.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
gunboat diplomacy
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It also sounds like the kind of moral purpose with which Palmerston infused his gunboat diplomacy.
megaphone diplomacy
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Bill handles personnel problems with tact and diplomacy .
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We hope to end the conflict through diplomacy rather than force.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Boldness worked where diplomacy had failed.
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Commercial attachés were not a complete answer to the problem of coping with the increasing volume and importance of economic diplomacy .
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Garnering such deals requires the art of diplomacy .
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If diplomacy was bringing a settlement no nearer, military events would do so only very slowly.
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It is hard to imagine the countdown to war continuing without an intensification of diplomacy .
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Tact, diplomacy , flexibility, and communication skills are essential.
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What has been striking over the past few weeks is the almost total absence of diplomacy .