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interstate

[in-ter-steyt, in-ter-steyt] / ˌɪn tərˈsteɪt, ˈɪn tərˌsteɪt /


NOUN
expressway
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NOUN
toll road
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Mangione is also charged in federal court with two counts of interstate stalking and risks the same punishment.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

By offering online ordering, no-haggle pricing and interstate delivery for new vehicles, Carvana has disrupted the status quo, drawing curiosity and anxiety from old-school dealers fearing for their business model.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

Must a transportation worker like Brock himself cross state borders or directly interact with a vehicle that crosses state lines to be “engaged in interstate commerce” and thus exempt from arbitration?

From Slate Jun. 3, 2026

When drivers pump gasoline, a small tax on each gallon contributes $30 billion a year to maintain the interstate highway system.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

I wish that those Seenicruisers would be discontinued; it would seem to me that their height violates some interstate highway statute regarding clearance in tunnels and so forth.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

It’s a breeze to get around, too, with access to major interstates, airports, passenger rail service, as well as water taxis and a bustling cruise ship boarding seaport.

From MarketWatch Oct. 29, 2025

Americans had fins on their cars, gas in the tanks, and money in their pockets, and were raring to hit those new interstates.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2024

Or consider the fragmentary effects of America’s interstates, which throttle ecosystems and human communities alike.

From Slate May 25, 2024

In some areas, they needed it for up to 12 hours after the event started, inching their way back home on packed interstates and secondary roads.

From Seattle Times Apr. 9, 2024

Big interstates like this one make the country into a single place: McDonald’s, BP, Wendy’s.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green




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