: 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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Outside, there’s a Gunite finished pool, which is beginning to feel like an upstate pre-req for houses listing above a certain price point.
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Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 May 2025
From the prison upstate, Christopher was still at a loss to explain his actions that day.
—John Leland, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025
Yousef Ali, 21, a cashier and manager at Flavor Taste at Seventh Ave. and 56th St., said his father has a panic button at his store upstate.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 4 May 2025
The audience—both the fictional one upstate and the real one in Manhattan—soon slips into a world where human-scale beach balls and painter’s buckets become a playground for physical investigation, where the tragicomedy of real life slips in through the cracks.
—Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 25 Apr. 2025
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Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 May 2025
From the prison upstate, Christopher was still at a loss to explain his actions that day.
—John Leland, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025
Yousef Ali, 21, a cashier and manager at Flavor Taste at Seventh Ave. and 56th St., said his father has a panic button at his store upstate.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 4 May 2025
The audience—both the fictional one upstate and the real one in Manhattan—soon slips into a world where human-scale beach balls and painter’s buckets become a playground for physical investigation, where the tragicomedy of real life slips in through the cracks.
—Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Upstate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upstate. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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upstate
adjective
up·state
ˈəp-ˌstāt 
: of, relating to, or typical of a part of a state away from a large city and especially to the north
upstate
noun or adverb
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