Definition of interstate
: of, connecting, or existing between two or more states especially of the U.S. interstate commerce
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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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When the nation’s interstate boom bypassed Madison in the 1960s, the small town wasn’t crippled like so many others.
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The Vallejo Fire Department says on its Twitter page the blaze off Interstate 80 near the Carquinez Bridge has led to the closure of all eastbound lanes of the busy interstate.
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The State Patrol reported that at about 12:30 a.m. troopers were arresting protesters who failed to leave the interstate.
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On June 2, the FBI said, that bracelet was found in a backpack on the side of an interstate outside Lexington and Conn was gone.
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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 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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A truck transporting nearly 200 pigs flipped over on an interstate in Texas this morning, setting dozens of pigs free along I-45 and halting traffic for hours, according to local NBCDFW News.
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The unconventional rest stop consists of a building constructed atop a bridge spanning the width of the interstate, allowing convenient access to gas, food, shops, restrooms, and travel information.
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Shifting the 520 ramps from the left side of the interstate to the right would eliminate congestion caused by this weave and, the study predicted, cut peak travel times from Northgate to downtown by about seven minutes.
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The legislation included a gas tax increase and opened the ability to levy additional tolls on Indiana interstates.
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Football stadiums should prioritize access, and being at the intersection of two major interstates is tough to beat.
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Two of three interstates that are nearby are elevated, reducing the problem-solving options and increasing the costs.
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First Known Use of interstate
1968
INTERSTATE Defined for English Language Learners
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: relating to or connecting different states : existing or occurring between states especially in the U.S.
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: a major highway that connects two or more states : an interstate highway
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: existing or occurring between two or more states an interstate highway
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