downstate

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A few towns further downstate finally got so frustrated that they made plans to roll their own connectivity.

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Quick take

A period during sleep when somebody is not primed and not ready to learn.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

A period during sleep when somebody is not primed and not ready to learn.

noun

(US) The southern region of certain US states, particularly Michigan, New York, and Illinois.

adjective

(US) Of the southern section of a state.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for downstate.

noun

A period during sleep when somebody is not primed and not ready to learn.

noun

(US) The southern region of certain US states, particularly Michigan, New York, and Illinois.

adjective

(US) Of the southern section of a state.

adverb

(US) To the southern section of a state.

Example sentences

A few towns further downstate finally got so frustrated that they made plans to roll their own connectivity.

Northern Illinois has extremely cheap power due to Exelon's nuclear generation capacity (Ameren in downstate us primarily coal-fired).

In particular, and surprising to many not paying close attention, none of the exchange plans downstate have any out-of-network coverage at all.

The network goes to shit as soon as you try to go downstate, though.

I like this Wikipedia article more than the one for Northern California because it admits that "there is no clear or official boundary between Upstate New York and Downstate New York".

Quote examples

I like this Wikipedia article more than the one for Northern California because it admits that "there is no clear or official boundary between Upstate New York and Downstate New York".