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State Department

British

noun

the US government department in charge of foreign affairs

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State Department Cultural

A common name for the Department of State.

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State Department

In 2025, the Onion ran a spoof headline imagining the State Department designating the league a terrorist organization.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Commissioner Daniel F. Martuscello III initiated an aggressive recruitment drive, bringing waves of rookie guards into the system.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

A State Department statement blamed a “threat to U.S. interests.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

“They are all looking for bypasses,” Leaf, the former senior State Department official, said of Arab Gulf states.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Neighbors, soldiers, State Department employees, and even some reporters tried to enter the Seward house.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

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