domestically

American  

[duh-me-stik-uh-lee, -tik-lee] / dəˈmɛ stɪk ə li, -tɪk li /

adverb

1. within or with respect to the home.

2. with respect to a country or region's internal affairs.

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Explanation

Use the adverb domestically to describe things that happen at home or in a home country. You might be very organized at school or work, but a total mess domestically. Domestically comes from the Latin domesticus, "belonging to the household," and the root domus, "house." The word was first used in the 16th century to mean "inside one's own country" and later came to refer to home life as well. When products are produced domestically, they're made and sold in the same nation, and a Hollywood movie that takes in $10 million domestically earns that amount from tickets sold in the U.S.

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domestically

"Climate change litigation is growing domestically and internationally," said Margaret Young, a law professor at the University of Melbourne.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

“But domestically, I don’t see any return to the period of decent French growth before the political uncertainty has been resolved.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

She also supports the idea of tax credits for Britons investing domestically.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Such a move would hit U.S. prices as well, since the country doesn’t domestically produce all of the fuel and crude products it needs.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Looking back over the full sweep of American history, one would be hard-pressed to discover a presidency more dominated by a single foreign policy problem and simultaneously more divided domestically over how to solve it.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis