Definitions

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  • adjective Having, or pertaining to, three distinct states.
  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a region in the United States where three state borders come to a single point.
  • noun The area in some regions of the United States where three state borders come to a single point.

Etymologies

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tri- + state

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Examples

  • Soon, he was racking up wins faster than he could rack up his billiard balls; he was victorious at the New York City Championships, the New York Mayor's Cup and nine tristate events, and he became a regular at Society Billiards in Manhattan.

    Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The On-the-Ball Pool Player Nancy Ruhling 2011

  • “The approach of another summer finds conditions as explosive as ever,” warned writer Homer Bigart in the introduction to the survey of tristate cities from Rochester to New Haven.

    Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

  • Mark Jaccom plans to step down as chief executive of Colliers's tristate office after just 18 months in the job.

    A Shake-Up at Colliers 2011

  • "The pool world is very small, and my name became so big in the tristate area that the money games have diminished," he says.

    Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The On-the-Ball Pool Player Nancy Ruhling 2011

  • For anybody who grew up Jewish in the tristate area or, perhaps, went to summer camp up in the Catskills, the name Kutsher's holds a lot of resonance.

    A Taste of the Borscht Belt Marshall Heyman 2011

  • “The approach of another summer finds conditions as explosive as ever,” warned writer Homer Bigart in the introduction to the survey of tristate cities from Rochester to New Haven.

    Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

  • “The approach of another summer finds conditions as explosive as ever,” warned writer Homer Bigart in the introduction to the survey of tristate cities from Rochester to New Haven.

    Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

  • Through the "Ensuring the Future" development campaign, Mr. Berson hopes to give other families in the tristate area affected by brain injury the same possibilities his son received.

    Help for Patients With Brain Injury Shelly Banjo 2010

  • Additionally, the Inserras are part of a partnership and foundation that links the Diabetes Research Institute with New Jersey's Hackensack University Medical Center so that the two institutions can collaborate on research toward developing a cure and providing patient care for people in the tristate area.

    Donating to Diabetes Institute Gives Family Hope Melanie Grayce West 2011

  • Mr. Turner says the partnership is now in deal talks with other projects in the tristate area that represent about $500 million in potential investment, though he said the fund would ultimately invest less than that amount.

    Investors Restart Once-Stalled Developments Craig Karmin 2010

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