intrastate

[ in-truh-steyt ]

/ ˌɪn trəˈsteɪt /

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adjective

existing or occurring within the boundaries of a state, especially of the United States: intrastate commerce.

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Origin of intrastate

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; intra- + state

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH intrastate

interstate, intestate, intrastate

Words nearby intrastate

intrapreneur, intrapsychic, intraspecies, intraspecific, intraspinal, intrastate, intratelluric, intrathecal, intrauterine, intrauterine device, intravasation

How to use intrastate in a sentence

As the Pennsylvania brief notes, intrastate disputes that the Supreme Court has heard generally involve alleged damage done by one state to another state’s “core sovereign interests.”
A scorching reply to the awful Texas lawsuit frames the stakes of the moment|Greg Sargent|December 11, 2020|Washington Post
When Congress sought to reach inside a state to regulate intrastate commerce, the Supreme Court initially resisted.
Is the Supreme Court’s Health-Care Ruling a Turning Point in Constitutional Law?|Randy Barnett|June 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In some states he has secured legislation penalizing railways for delay in settling intrastate claims.
Letters from an Old Railway Official|Charles DeLano Hine
The conflicting intrastate rates have borne far more deeply and far more dangerously upon them.
The Railroad Problem|Edward Hungerford

And this despite the fact that the vast majority of freight traffic is interstate, rather than intrastate.
The Railroad Problem|Edward Hungerford
Then, the explanation is—although the classifications changed from interstate to intrastate, it was the same claim.
Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

British Dictionary definitions for intrastate

intrastate

/ (ˌɪntrəˈsteɪt) /

adjective

mainly US of, relating to, or confined within a single state, esp a state of the US

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