Definition of "instate" [in•state]

• To establish in office; install. (verb-transitive)

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• "North Carolina improved to 21-1 in instate tournament games, including 6-0 in games played here - home to Atlantic Coast Conference rival Wake Forest."
• "While this was not a war, the instate was the same."
• "But, the difficult national environment for Democrats coupled with a surge in Republican energy instate -- the result of the passage of a stringent immigration bill -- quickly turned the race into a serious contest."