stateside
Americanadjective
adverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of stateside
1940–45; (the) States (in the sense “the United States”) + side 1;
Example Sentences
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So far, little has seemed to faze the stock market, which has traded near record highs all year even as war raged in the Middle East and inflation inched higher stateside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
We love our 10-acre farmstead, but also often talk about moving outside the U.S. or relocating somewhere stateside, but don’t know if we can afford that.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
English actor David Jonssson, best known stateside for his work on the series “Industry,” will star as the next King of Wakanda, previously played by the actor Chadwick Boseman, who died of cancer in 2020.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
When it made its stateside debut in 1999, I was still intoxicated by the city’s proximity to mountains, old growth forests and water – so much of it, fresh or salty.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Two were painting the decorative rocks around headquarters, the kind of thing that we all did stateside, and the other two were cleaning inside.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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