upstate

up·state | \ ˈəp-ˌstāt

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Definition of upstate

: the chiefly northerly sections of a state also : the chiefly rural part of a state when the major metropolitan area is in the south

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Recent Examples on the Web In 1995, he was convicted of robbery and sent to Bare Hill correctional facility upstate. — Ali Watkins, New York Times, "Man Who Shot Up a Bronx Precinct Was ‘Tired of Police Officers’," 10 Feb. 2020 In season three, the cast was foiled in their plans to get to Rachel's ski cabin upstate. — Louis Cheslaw, Condé Nast Traveler, "Our Favorite ‘Friends’ Travel Episodes, Ahead of the Show’s 25th Anniversary," 19 Sep. 2019 And Andrew Yang's campaign, which plans to build a field office upstate in Reno, has hired more communications staff and named its own new political director. — Caitlin Conant, CBS News, "2020 Daily Trail Markers: Get ready to watch a bunch of Mike Bloomberg ads," 22 Nov. 2019 According to The New York Times, the men claimed that the city purposely transferred them from Rikers Island to a jail upstate, knowing that they would be beaten and placed in solitary confinement at their new location. — Tanya A. Christian, Essence, "New York City Reaches $980,000 Settlement With Young Detainees Who Were Beaten, Forced Into Solitary Confinement," 21 Oct. 2019 In an effort to get to know her future sister-in-law, Katie agrees to a trip upstate and invites two of her college friends to join. — Annabel Gutterman, Time, "Dark Secrets at Book Club and a Deadly Wellness Retreat. 5 Unexpected Summer Thrillers," 25 July 2019 Her sons exercise their power and send Lotte to a nursing home upstate. — Madeleine Schwartz, Harper's magazine, "Warm, Weird, Effervescent," 10 June 2019 His reluctance deepens when Hannah, laid off from her gig at the New-York Historical Society, gets wind of a job opening upstate as the live-in director of an 18th-century home museum. — John Searles, New York Times, "The House May Be Haunted. But in This Novel, Commitment Is Scarier.," 13 Apr. 2018 Founded initially as a low-fi art gallery in a barn upstate, Green River Project LLC was a space to do side projects outside their day jobs as artist’s assistants: Aujla for Nate Lowman, and Bloomstein for Robert Goeber. — Kaitlin Phillips, Vogue, "Green River Project LLC Debuts Elegant, Lounge-Ready Furniture Alongside Bode’s Menswear," 11 July 2018

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“Upstate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upstate. Accessed 4 Aug. 2020.

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