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
There is also greater stateside awareness of the wide range of financing options available: For instance, banks may offer loans at 6%, private lenders at 12%, a small credit bank at 18% and credit cards at 22%. Albert Gahfi, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025 With three Canadian teams vying for a trip to the Stanley Cup Final, stateside ratings are faring about as well as can be expected, as the second-round deliveries are down 33% with an average draw of 1.14 million viewers per telecast. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 May 2025
Adverb
Actor Jon Voight met with President Donald Trump over the weekend in Mar-a-Lago to formally pitch his plans on how to bring production back stateside, and tariffs are only a small part of that plan. Brian Welk, IndieWire, 5 May 2025 Yamamoto didn’t allow a hit until there were two outs in the sixth inning, flirting with the third no-hitter of his professional career and his first since his eye-popping contract brought him stateside. Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 3 May 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 25 May. 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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