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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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Clough had several telemedicine followups with her Houston doctor, which was legal under California law that allows interstate telemedicine for patients with life-threatening conditions.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

That level of spending towers over the inflation-adjusted outlays for the U.S. railroad expansion of the 1850s, as well as the decadeslong construction of America’s interstate highway system initiated a century later.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

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

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

But it was generations of American workers who strung the telegraph wire, laid the railroad tracks, and built the interstate highways and buried the fiber.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

They were called the Freedom Riders, and their goal was to change segregated interstate travel, along with everyone’s life forever.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

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

Yet the town's fortunes dwindled as river ports were replaced by trains and then interstates elsewhere.

From Salon Aug. 13, 2024

But as traveling by train gave way to commuter air travel and as more Americans chose to use the nation’s interstates, the numbers of people coming through Michigan Central steadily dropped.

From Seattle Times Jun. 3, 2024

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

From Slate May 25, 2024

I know I should probably hate that about interstates and yearn for the halcyon days of yore, back when you could be drenched in local color at every turn— but whatever.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green




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