How to Use State Department in a Sentence

State Department

noun
  • But no one from the State Department drew the blinds.
    — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • Newsweek has reached out to the State Department for comment via email.
    — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
  • This map on the State Department website breaks down which states are more at risk.
    — Jen Murphy, Outside, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Newsweek reached out to the State Department via email for comment.
    — Nick Mordowanec john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Newsweek reached out to the State Department for comment via email.
    — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Newsweek has reached out to the State Department for comment.
    — Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The News reached out to the State Department for comment.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Their bill would also block the State Department from using funds to do the same.
    — Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The State Department does not track the number of babies born through birth tourism.
    — Juliana Kim, NPR, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The State Department has canceled visas for the same reason as well.
    — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The State Department did not issue a response by press time.
    — Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The names of four leaders were not disclosed in the State Department’s post.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
  • This flight was entirely paid for by the State Department.
    — Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The State Department blew past deadlines.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
  • And the State Department is now mounting a response.
    — Fatma Tanis, NPR, 29 Oct. 2025
  • But most of my time was spent in consular affairs, which is the part of the State Department that does this work.
    — Donald Heflin, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2026
  • His conclusion is that much of the money is stuck at the State Department.
    — Fatma Tanis, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Many of the State Department staff who may be cut have saved innumerable lives.
    — Olivia Enos, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • State Department staff fielded calls from him at all hours of the night to explain budget items on spreadsheets.
    — Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 17 June 2026
  • The State Department said progress was made during the first day of talks on Tuesday.
    — Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
  • The State Department does not plan to fulfill its pledge to fund the remaining four years of the grant.
    — Arkansas Online, 8 June 2025
  • Newsweek reached out to the State Department via email for comment on Friday.
    — Emma Marsden john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The Hill also reached out to the State Department for comment.
    — Max Rego, The Hill, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The State Department did not respond to a request for comment.
    — Laura Romero, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The State Department did not respond to a request for comment.
    — Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 26 Oct. 2024
  • The State Department later tapped her as a women’s health envoy.
    — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Marrone said the State Department has asked the team to stay in Venezuela for as long as they're needed.
    — Jeff Nguyen, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • The State Department did not respond to requests for comment.
    — Solcyré Burga, TIME, 26 June 2024
  • The State Department declined to comment on the pope’s status.
    — Russ Bynum, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
  • The State Department did not respond to requests for comment.
    — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2025

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