summitry
noun
sum·mit·ry
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Definition of summitry
: the use of a summit conference for international negotiation
Examples of summitry in a Sentence
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Trump makes no secret of his distaste for global summitry. — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, "Trump’s Weird Whoppers at the G-7 Summit," 27 Aug. 2019 The allies have scaled down their major military exercises since last year as Trump and Kim began their nuclear summitry. — Washington Post, "North Korea fires more weapons, denounces US military drills," 6 Aug. 2019 But the first day of summitry set a particular tone. — Washington Post, "Saudi crown prince feted at G20 despite criticism elsewhere," 28 June 2019 Whether this photo-op summitry achieved anything beyond the bonhomie is a lot less clear. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Promises, Nuclear Promises," 12 June 2018 In Singapore, summitry made sense if it was meant to halt the rhetorical war between Trump and Kim and to advance the dismantling of North Korea’s nuclear program. — Trudy Rubin, Philly.com, "Trump thinks his personal relationships with dictators will save the world. He's wrong | Trudy Rubin," 15 June 2018 The rest of the world’s media may be fixated on the meeting here between President Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, with headlines and details about the high-stakes nuclear summitry. — Victoria Kim, latimes.com, "Forget the nuclear summit — North Korea's news agency focuses on a fish restaurant," 9 June 2018 As President Donald Trump flies to Europe for a week of summitry, the trepidation in European diplomatic circles is palpable. — Simon Nixon, WSJ, "As Trump Arrives, Europe Frets Over His Designs on Postwar Global Order," 10 July 2018 This simplistic historical account of presidential summitry ignores the sociology of the meeting, which in East Asian cultures emphasizes the importance of building a relationship before any agreement can be reached. — I. William Zartman, WSJ, "Kim Jong Un and the Art of the Asian Deal," 24 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'summitry.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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