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tristate

British  
/ ˈtraɪˌsteɪt /

adjective

  1. (of a digital computer chip) having high, low, and floating output states

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The company is looking to continue expanding across the tristate area and in top-10 markets across the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

Signature, based in New York, was a large commercial lender in the tristate area, but had in recent years gotten into cryptocurrencies as a potential growth business.

From Washington Times • Mar. 19, 2023

There were 45,000 South Asians in the United States by then, a small fraction of the nearly one million strong tristate area desi community today.

From Salon • Jun. 25, 2022

In the tristate area, for example, New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse is a presenter.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2020

In his black socks, striped pajamas, and without his usual glasses, he looks like a weary businessman, fed up with the account managers in the tristate region.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

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