multistate
adjective
mul·ti·state
ˈməl-tē-ˌstāt 
-ˌtī-
1
: having divisions in several states
multistate enterprises
2
: of, relating to, or involving several states
Examples of multistate in a Sentence
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In 2005, he was convicted as a member of a multistate wildlife-trafficking ring buying and selling endangered tigers.
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Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2024
In addition to editing content, Alex also covers breaking news, writing about crime and severe weather as well as everything from multistate lottery jackpots to the July Fourth hot dog eating contest.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2024
In March 2024, a multistate outbreak of this virus was reported in dairy cattle.
—Katia Hetter, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
For The Times) The Pacific Fishery Management Council, a multistate, quasi-federal body that decides on ocean fishing seasons, plans to select one of three potential alternatives at a Friday through April 11 meeting in Seattle.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
Army reservist Robert Card, 40, carried out the shootings at a bowling alley and a bar Oct. 25, sparking a multistate manhunt that ended when he was found dead days later by suicide.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
For the time being, a state court has blocked Wolf’s regulation that authorizes Pennsylvania to join the multistate Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which imposes a price and declining cap on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
—Michael Rubinkam and Marc Levy, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
Texas’s Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, who filed the multistate lawsuit against the parole program for the four countries in January 2023, had no immediate comment Friday.
—Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
The other 25 are controlled, and in many cases owned outright, by partners — mainly multistate cannabis companies.
—The Arizona Republic, 22 Jan. 2024
Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2024
In addition to editing content, Alex also covers breaking news, writing about crime and severe weather as well as everything from multistate lottery jackpots to the July Fourth hot dog eating contest.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2024
In March 2024, a multistate outbreak of this virus was reported in dairy cattle.
—Katia Hetter, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
For The Times) The Pacific Fishery Management Council, a multistate, quasi-federal body that decides on ocean fishing seasons, plans to select one of three potential alternatives at a Friday through April 11 meeting in Seattle.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
Army reservist Robert Card, 40, carried out the shootings at a bowling alley and a bar Oct. 25, sparking a multistate manhunt that ended when he was found dead days later by suicide.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
For the time being, a state court has blocked Wolf’s regulation that authorizes Pennsylvania to join the multistate Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which imposes a price and declining cap on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
—Michael Rubinkam and Marc Levy, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
Texas’s Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, who filed the multistate lawsuit against the parole program for the four countries in January 2023, had no immediate comment Friday.
—Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
The other 25 are controlled, and in many cases owned outright, by partners — mainly multistate cannabis companies.
—The Arizona Republic, 22 Jan. 2024
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“Multistate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multistate. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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