State Department
noun
: the part of the U.S. government that is responsible for how the U.S. deals with other countries
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The State Department even approved the then-Soviet Union's offer to send its own icebreaker to the scene.
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Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Rubio said the agency’s functions would be absorbed by the State Department.
—Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Experts interviewed also cautioned that the State Department is bureaucratic and has systems and operating procedures that were not built with disaster relief in mind.
—Fatma Tanis, NPR, 29 Oct. 2025
About 55% of students in the Wilder School District are Hispanic or Latino, and 11% are students from migrant families, according to data from the State Department of Education.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 28 Oct. 2025
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Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Rubio said the agency’s functions would be absorbed by the State Department.
—Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Experts interviewed also cautioned that the State Department is bureaucratic and has systems and operating procedures that were not built with disaster relief in mind.
—Fatma Tanis, NPR, 29 Oct. 2025
About 55% of students in the Wilder School District are Hispanic or Latino, and 11% are students from migrant families, according to data from the State Department of Education.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 28 Oct. 2025
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“State Department.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/State%20Department. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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