intrastate

adjective

in·​tra·​state ˌin-trə-ˈstāt How to pronounce intrastate (audio)
-(ˌ)trä-
: existing or occurring within a state

Examples of intrastate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In 2017, a federal court struck down the FCC's capping of intrastate prison phone calls, resulting in much higher costs for inmates making calls in state. Luke Barr, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2022 By comparison, the cheapest state to make a 15-minute intrastate phone call is New Hampshire, with the cost being just 20 cents in total. Luke Barr, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2022 Trump's appearance at the important intrastate rivalry game was confirmed by his campaign, according to a report. Luke Gentile, Washington Examiner, 21 Nov. 2023 The falling revenue came despite higher volumes in the company’s natural-gas liquid, midstream gathering, intrastate natural gas transportation and crude transportation segments. WSJ, 1 Nov. 2023 The Legislature approved medical marijuana two years ago and created the AMCC to oversee seed-to-sale regulation of the industry, which will be fully intrastate. Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 10 Aug. 2023 Tyler Dragon: Bills 25, Jets 21 This intrastate matchup closes out Week 1. Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023 The remaining 48% is operated by low-cost carriers: Southwest, JetBlue Airways, Allegiant, and the soon-to-merge Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines, together with the former intrastate airlines Alaska Air Group and Hawaiian Holdings, and other regional airlines. Michael Derchin, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2022 The dispute centers largely on disagreement over the point where intrastate travel — trips within the same state — ends, and interstate travel between states begins. The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of intrastate was in 1903

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Cite this Entry

“Intrastate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intrastate. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

intrastate

adjective
in·​tra·​state ˌin-trə-ˈstāt How to pronounce intrastate (audio)
: existing or occurring within a state

Legal Definition

intrastate

adjective
: existing within a state
interstate and intrastate commerce
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