statesideadj.adv.
/ˈsteɪtsʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈsteɪtˌsaɪd/ colloquial (originally U.S. Military). Chiefly U.S.
A. adj.
Of or belonging to the (continental) United States of America; situated in the (continental) United States of America.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [adjective] > U.S.A.
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1942 Williamsburg (Iowa) Journal-Tribune 21 May 2/2 It is very seldom we pick up any stateside music.
1945 Morning Herald (Uniontown, Pa.) 12 Dec. 2/6 Sfero saw service in a number of States-side camps before going overseas.
1952 Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 486/1 After the biennial yacht-race to Honolulu is over..the problem of how to return the yachts to their stateside ports can no longer be postponed.
1967 A. Diment Dolly Dolly Spy vi. 80 She was tall and slim, as most of those Stateside career women are.
1979 Sci. Amer. Feb. 27/2 Agent Orange and its stateside analogues, much used defoliants for weeds and forest cover.
2004 Time Out N.Y. 10 June 31/1 Chewy arepas were tamely spiced even by stateside standards.
B. adv.
In or towards the (continental) United States of America.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [adverb] > U.S.A.
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1944 Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas) 29 Apr. 4/3 This report may be of help when Johnny gets back stateside.
1963 L. Deighton Horse under Water xliv. 176 Fernie fixed the consignment to a ship heading stateside. I notified my contacts in New York.
1976 M. Machlin Pipeline xxxix. 426 I'm willing to cash in my chips, drag up stateside, and get going on something else.
2010 Time Out N.Y. 20 May 74/3 It's an explosive piece of truth-to-power reportage that deserves an audience when it comes out stateside this September.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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