Stateside: Difference between revisions

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1. (chiefly outside the United States) In the United States.

Examples:

I'll be stateside for the next month.
After years of touring Europe and Asia, the band finally returned stateside to record their next album.

2. (Alaska) In the 48 contiguous states.

3. (Philippines) Imported, especially of goods.

This word behaves syntactically as a prepositional phrase and may be thought of as an intransitive preposition.
The term is relatively rare in American English except among speakers with strong international connections (for example, military personnel or expatriates). American English typically prefers phrases such as in the United States, in the US, or in America.

(chiefly outside the United States) In or to the United States, especially the lower forty-eight states.
- Example: I'll be going stateside next month.
- Example (2023-03-13, Naureen Khan, Cosmopolitan):
  “The gender equality picture stateside can also seem bleak, especially in the wake of the Supreme Court gutting reproductive rights last summer.”

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 Examples:
 * I'll be '''stateside''' for the next month.
-* You'll need a valid '''stateside''' motorcycle license.
+* After years of touring Europe and Asia, the band finally returned '''stateside''' to record their next album.
-* They made their '''stateside''' debut in the late 1970s.
-* (2018, U.S. Army Europe Public Affairs Office, ''Sponsorship & Newcomers – FAQs''):
-: “A current, valid '''stateside''' driver’s license is required to get a USAREUR driving permit and international driving permit.”
-* (2024-02-17, John Wright, ''FT Weekend''):
-: “Yonks,” he replies when I ask how long he's been '''stateside'''. “It's not like I've become American. I'm in England every year.”
 . (Alaska) In the 48 contiguous states.