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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Ukraine has used its two domestically produced cruise missiles sparingly, given their expense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
He has argued the trade policy will boost American manufacturing and jobs as businesses either source goods domestically or shift operations to the US.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Comparable-store sales grew by 1.7% in the second quarter, the company said, and were up 1.3% domestically.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
The other half of America’s blueberries are grown domestically, a good portion of them in Maine, the top producer of wild berries in the country.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 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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