Definition of interstate
:of, connecting, or existing between two or more states especially of the U.S.
- interstate commerce
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The categorical distinction between internal and interstate war is straightforward.
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Get ready for another round of interstate construction in downtown Louisville.
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Fears of traffic jams on interstate highways are running so high the Idaho Trucking Association has placed restrictions on vehicles carrying large loads.
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Politics Extra has gone into the bowels of the Western Hills Viaduct and seen the sad, ramshackle state of the most heavily traveled non-interstate bridge in this region.
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An interstate database can also help track doctor shopping, said Christopher Stan, a spokesman for the Connecticut Department of Public Health, in which drug users hop from state to state to find doctors quick to prescribe opioid painkillers.
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Although episodes of interstate political jousting are nothing new, the proliferation of travel bans among states seems to have little history behind it.
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Of course, there were few of the amenities available to today’s interstate traveler.
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Wysolovski is also charged with interstate interference with custody for bringing her to Georgia.
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First Known Use of interstate
1844
Definition of interstate
:any of a system of expressways connecting most major U.S. cities — called also
interstate highway
Examples of interstate in a Sentence
You'll get there quicker if you take the interstate.
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The area's lack of interstates and four-lane highways doesn't help.
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All lanes on Interstate 65 southbound and northbound at Airport Road have been closed after a signage structure on the interstate collapsed onto the roadway on Tuesday afternoon.
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Pictures of Harvey’s runoff are harrowing, with interstates turned to sturdy and mature rivers.
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By 1967, many of the county’s 105 dealerships had migrated to Mission Valley, National City, El Cajon, Poway and other suburban outposts, located along the network of interstates then under construction.
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But because the path of the eclipse cuts across the central Missouri, many highways and interstates in Missouri could be jammed, including I-70, I-44, I-55, U.S. 50, U.S. 54, U.S 63 and U.S. 67.
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That project, which carries a price tag of $123 million, would likely ease congestion along the rapidly developing corridor and the interstate that leads to the new Lewis & Clark Bridge.
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The featured pie at Buttermilk Sky is called the I-40 in honor of the perpetually-under-construction interstate that runs east and west through Knoxville.
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From there highways, interstate, and a road test before the keys are ours for the year.
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First Known Use of interstate
1968
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