in·ter·state
ˌin-tər-ˈstāt 
: of, connecting, or existing between two or more states especially of the U.S.
interstate commerce
in·ter·state
ˈin-tər-ˌstāt
: any of a system of expressways connecting most major U.S. cities
called also interstate highway
Examples of interstate in a Sentence
Noun
You'll get there quicker if you take the interstate.
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Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
The government just needs evidence of interstate travel and a desire to get a prostitute to prostitute.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 17 June 2025
Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 June 2025
The witnesses described seeing the suspect and victim's vehicles come to a stop in front of them, forcing them to stop on the interstate, as well, the probable cause statement says.
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Adjective
Vandenberg is charged with transporting explosives in interstate commerce with the knowledge and intent that they would be used to kill, injure or intimidate individuals.
—Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
The government just needs evidence of interstate travel and a desire to get a prostitute to prostitute.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 17 June 2025
Noun
And in 1956 the Federal-Aid Highway Act funded 41,000 miles of interstate—an asphalt backbone justified as civil defense infrastructure but experienced as a coast-to-coast permission slip for self-reinvention.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 June 2025
The witnesses described seeing the suspect and victim's vehicles come to a stop in front of them, forcing them to stop on the interstate, as well, the probable cause statement says.
—Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2025
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“Interstate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interstate. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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interstate
1 of 2 adjective
in·ter·state
ˌint-ər-ˈstāt
: of, connecting, or existing between states especially of the U.S.
interstate highways
interstate
2 of 2 noun
in·ter·state
ˈint-ər-ˌstāt
: an interstate highway
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