stateside

American

[stayt-sahyd] / ˈsteɪtˌsaɪd /

Or Stateside

adjective

being in or toward the continental U.S.

adverb

in or toward the continental U.S.

stateside British

/ ˈsteɪtˌsaɪd /

adjective

of, in, to, or towards the US

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Etymology

Origin of stateside

1940–45; (the) States (in the sense “the United States”) + side ¹;

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stateside

The 57-year-old, once a senior advisor to Britain's prime minister David Cameron, moved stateside in search of the "California dream" before becoming a US citizen in 2021.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Born Benjamin Satterley in a blue-collar community in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, he first came to national attention stateside in the WWE, where he wrestled under the decidedly English name Neville.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

At the same time, U.S. companies exported about 1.7 million barrels a day of excess diesel that stateside truckers, farmers and other commercial shippers didn’t consume.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

His stateside shows include stops in Dallas, Atlanta and Chicago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

They even had GIs tending to flowers around some of the barracks and some doing the same kinds of details they would have been doing back in Devens or any stateside base.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

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