stateside

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adjective

state·​side ˈstāt-ˌsīd How to pronounce stateside (audio)
variants often Stateside
: 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

variants often Stateside
: 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
But this time, Neon put Panahi on the stateside promo trail. Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 10 Dec. 2025 And thanks to Nielsen’s upgraded ratings methodology, which includes a full-bore accounting of people who watch live sports in out-of-home venues, the stateside deliveries for next year’s tourney will be bigger than ever before. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Dec. 2025
Adverb
Overnight masks, a category popular in K-beauty, seem to garner particular interest stateside, and this one is one of the most unique formats on the market. Kiana Murden, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2025 And back stateside, lawmakers have warned that joblessness among recent graduates could hit 25% in the next two to three years as AI reshapes entry-level work. Preston Fore, Fortune, 16 Dec. 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 31 Dec. 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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