stateside

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adjective

state·​side ˈstāt-ˌsīd How to pronounce stateside (audio)
often capitalized
: being in, going to, coming from, or characteristic of the 48 conterminous states of the U.S.
transferred from Europe to stateside duty

stateside

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adverb

often capitalized
: in or to the continental U.S.

Examples of stateside in a Sentence

Adverb It's a car model that will be sold stateside for the first time next year. He's been living in England for several years but he's returning stateside next month.
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Adjective
Today’s stateside buyers are fortunate in that about three quarters of all 124 Sport Spiders built came to the U.S., so good examples are regularly on the market. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2025 Outside the arena, some 4.4 million stateside viewers watched the first U.S.-Canada scrap, a number that puts the standard All-Star Game deliveries to shame. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Adverb
Experts said that the family reunification programs for Cuba and Haiti, which allow people in the United States to bring their relatives in the two countries stateside, could also be at risk. Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2025 From there, Beyoncé will head to London and Paris, before returning stateside for two shows in her hometown of Houston on June 28 and June 29. Escher Walcott, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stateside

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

(United) States + side

First Known Use

Adjective

1942, in the meaning defined above

Adverb

1943, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of stateside was in 1942

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Cite this Entry

“Stateside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stateside. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

Kids Definition

stateside

adjective
state·​side
ˈstāt-ˌsīd
: of or relating to the U.S. as considered from outside its continental limits
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