domestically
Americanadverb
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within or with respect to the home.
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with respect to a country or region's internal affairs.
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.
Example Sentences
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The buddy comedy “Deadpool & Wolverine” had its claws into July after it earned $211 million domestically in its opening weekend in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
That squeeze on the calendar would be felt all the way down the pyramids domestically and affect the structure of the game in every single country.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Sahlberg's work aims to create the scientific foundation needed to extract these resources domestically while also developing new functional magnets.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” opened to an estimated $264.1 million at the global box office, including $124.5 million domestically.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 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
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