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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Chinese and US leaders Xi Jinping and Donald Trump concluded a summit in Beijing with some symbolic wins that made for good optics domestically but produced few substantive agreements, analysts said.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
To date, “Michael” has taken in nearly $590 million in global box office sales, including $250 million domestically.
From Salon • May 14, 2026
The remarks and the expansion abroad for Live Nation come amid deeper antitrust issues for the company domestically.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
The company makes 80% of its products for the U.S. market domestically.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 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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