: the chiefly northerly sections of a state
also
: the chiefly rural part of a state when the major metropolitan area is in the south
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Kreps discovered that the old school, built in 1951, was available nearly three years ago, as the COVID pandemic was sending creatives upstate in droves.
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Stephanie Sporn, Vogue, 5 July 2024
Back at school, Castiglione would hitchhike 23 miles in frigid upstate New York to work at a small radio station in Norwich for a buck and a quarter an hour.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2024
His director of intergovernmental affairs, Tiffany Raspberry, joined Banks and three of his deputy chancellors on the trek upstate, the chancellor said.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2024
For over two decades, Sante had lived upstate, teaching writing and the history of photography at Bard College while raising her son, Raphael, with her ex-wife and freelancing, notably for The New York Review of Books.
—Carl Swanson, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2024
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Stephanie Sporn, Vogue, 5 July 2024
Back at school, Castiglione would hitchhike 23 miles in frigid upstate New York to work at a small radio station in Norwich for a buck and a quarter an hour.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2024
His director of intergovernmental affairs, Tiffany Raspberry, joined Banks and three of his deputy chancellors on the trek upstate, the chancellor said.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2024
For over two decades, Sante had lived upstate, teaching writing and the history of photography at Bard College while raising her son, Raphael, with her ex-wife and freelancing, notably for The New York Review of Books.
—Carl Swanson, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2024
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upstate
adjective
up·state
ˈəp-ˌstāt 
: of, relating to, or typical of a part of a state away from a large city and especially to the north
upstate
noun or adverb
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