foreign policy

noun

: the policy of a sovereign state in its interaction with other sovereign states

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And Trump gets relatively poor ratings on his handling of the economy, immigration and foreign policy. — Steve Peoples, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026 Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms. — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 This year marks a quarter-century since the hijacked plane attacks by al-Qaida militants that claimed nearly 3,000 lives in the three locations and upended American foreign policy and national security. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026 In the years since, Afghanistan has practically vanished from American foreign policy discussion. — Laurel Miller, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for foreign policy

Word History

First Known Use

1804, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of foreign policy was in 1804

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