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/ˌɪntərstˈeɪt/ /ˌɪnərstˈeɪt/ Listen

Interstate

noun

One of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States. Synonym: interstate highway.

adjective

Involving and relating to the mutual relations of states especially of the United States. "Interstate highways" , "Interstate Commerce Commission" , "Interstate commerce"

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... Pensions Commissioner of Patents Commissioner of Indian Affairs Bureau of Education Commissioner of Railroads Geological Survey Superintendent of the Census Post Office Department Department of Justice Department of Agriculture Department of Labor Interstate Commerce Commission Fish Commission Civil Service Commission Government Printing Office National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, and Bureau ...

— Government and Administration of the United States • Westel W. Willoughby and William F. Willoughby

... the national era the internal commerce of the United States gave small promise of the tremendous development it was to undergo during the ensuing century. There was as yet too little differentiation of occupation to give rise to a large interstate trade in native products, and the proximity of the greater part of the population to the seacoast made it cheaper and more convenient to carry on the small interstate trade that did exist by means of small sailing vessels ...

— Outline of the development of the internal commerce of the United States - 1789-1900 • T.W. van Mettre

... The real interstate joke on Puritanism is that the flapper, who flaps because Puritanism has driven her to it, will automatically bring about its cure. The whole vitality of Puritanism rests on the unswerving principle of letting not thy right hand know what thy left hand doeth, if thy left hand is doing ...

— Nonsenseorship • G. G. Putnam

... intercolonial trade were subjected to a control higher than that of the colony, foreshadowing a day when the Constitution of the United States was to commit to Congress the power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce and commerce with the Indians. A superior judicial power, towering above that of the colonies, as the Supreme Court at Washington now towers above the states, kept the colonial legislatures ...

— History of the United States • Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard

... of Representatives passed a bill making it unlawful to ship in interstate commerce the products of a mill, cannery or factory which have been produced by the labor ...

— Are Women People? • Alice Duer Miller

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