shuttle diplomacy

noun

: negotiations especially between nations carried on by an intermediary who shuttles back and forth between the disputants

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In my family, my mother often provided shuttle diplomacy when there was an awkward issue between my brothers and me. Philip Galanes, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025 And there has been no shuttle diplomacy between Kyiv, Moscow and Mar-a-Lago. Dan De Luce, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025 Advertisement Hochstein had led the shuttle diplomacy efforts to reach the fragile truce. Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025 Israel has kept up with its campaign in Gaza even as mediators have conducted months of shuttle diplomacy. Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for shuttle diplomacy 

Word History

First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of shuttle diplomacy was in 1974

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“Shuttle diplomacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shuttle%20diplomacy. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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