upstate

noun up·state \ ˈəp-ˌstāt \

Updated on: 12 May 2018

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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upstate

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The drive upstate is usually gorgeous, but a steady downpour obscured the vistas.

— susan spencer, Woman's Day, "A Weekend with the Girls in a BMW 435i Convertible," 17 July 2014
MedMen grows everything sold in the store upstate in Utica, .N.Y, but this means a more limited variety of offerings compared to their locations on the west coast.

— grace donnelly, Fortune, "Marijuana Dispensary Opens on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on 4/20," 20 Apr. 2018
The conclusion is drawn out even further by a scene that seems to have been written for Redgrave, playing the housekeeper at Walter’s beloved home upstate.

— sophie gilbert, The Atlantic, "The Inheritance and the Ambitions of Queer Art," 18 Apr. 2018
Ben Sinclair needed to get the R.V. upstate for the winter.

— steven kurutz, New York Times, "Brooklyn’s Favorite Pot Dealer Returns," 18 Jan. 2018
Recently on a trip to our family home upstate, our mother asked him to move to the end of our deck to smoke his cigarette.

— amy dickinson, Detroit Free Press, "Know-it-all brother doesn’t know relationships," 8 Oct. 2017
After that, March moved to a nine-acre property upstate and launched the New York Firewood Company, which now supplies kindling to 75 restaurants throughout the tristate area.

— julia kramer, Bon Appetit, "Forest to Table: How the Oldest Cooking Method Became the (Literal) Hottest Trend in Restaurants," 8 June 2017
Spending so much time upstate has slowed me down — literally, in the sense that the nearest Wi-Fi is not speedy at all, and mentally, by impressing on me just how much there is to learn and appreciate.

— emily sundberg, The Cut, "Model Georgia Hilmer on Living at the Mercy of the Porcupines Upstate," 24 July 2017
Our favorite things to do upstate are to hike and swim in swimming holes.

— kate young, Vogue, "Kate Young’s Haute, But Not Haughty, Upstate Adventures," 14 July 2017

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