Synonym: interstate highway. Similar words: overstatement, intestate, intersperse, intersect, interpersonal, interpretation, interrogate, intermediate. Meaning: n. one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States. adj. involving and relating to the mutual relations of states especially of the United States.
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121 A law regulating the railroads was enacted in 1887 (Interstate Commerce Act) and another, preventing large firms from controlling a single industry, in 1890 (Sherman Antitrust Act).
122 The Commission also regulates interstate market securities and enforces laws against unfair and illegal practices.
123 There was a price war going on at the time, and we at Interstate 95 Gas were selling regular at twenty-nine cents a gallon.
124 The secretary of HEW could convene a conference on his or her own initiative when the pollution was interstate; it could be convened at the request of the governor for intrastate problems.
125 Commerce between the states is regulated by the Interstate Commerce Commission, but intrastate commerce is supervised by the states themselves.
126 Commission ( FCC ) covers radio and TV transmission and interstate telephone and telegraph.
127 In addition, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's authority to regulate oil pipelines came from the Interstate Commerce Commission.
128 Regulation of freight rates by the Interstate Commerce Commission was removed for most cargoes, provided they could go by road.
129 In practice, the most important of these federal powers is the power to regulate interstate commerce.
130 Traffic had already backed up at the East Coast's perennial chokepoint: the Interstate 95 toll plaza in Newark, Del., where construction is adding to the bottleneck.
131 The merchant, Vitaly Borker, 34, who operates a Web site called decormyeyes.com, was charged with one count each of mail fraud, wire fraud, making interstate threats and cyberstalking.
132 Flood water drains from a ditch along Interstate 29 March 21,2010 south of Fargo, North Dakota.
133 It was thirty-something years ago, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, right along Interstate 40, which is better known as Tobacco Road.
134 Last spring driving on Interstate 80 crossing the Sacramento River Delta, he saw, to his disbelief, what seemed to be a small shark on the highway.
135 H. G. Wells was a fan, and Robert Heinlein, in his 1940 short story The Roads Must Roll(sentencedict.com), envisioned interstate passenger platforms moving at speeds of up to 160 km/h.
136 In February, I drove to Brinkley, about an hour east of Little Rock on the interstate, to speak at the Lions Club banquet.
137 Thus it follows that states may not regulate interstate commerce.
138 Hunt: You heard about Scotland Yard ? Interpol ? Interstate Authority ? I can make them all go away.
139 Judge Henry Hudson concluded that Congress can't regulate "economic inactivity, " the failure to buy health insurance, as if it were "economic activity" that affected interstate commerce.
140 A constitutionalist administration would also defer to state laws refusing compliance with the REAL ID act and denying federal authority over interstate gun transactions.
141 Hours after a fiery big - rig pileup on a Los Angeles interstate, the roadway is still closed.
142 Perhaps the area in which preemption is most likely to be found is interstate transportation.
143 The U. S. government has tried to reap the advantages of large-scale organization while minimizing the dangers through legislation, such as the Interstate Commerce Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act.
144 It prohibits interstate commerce in misbranded and adulterated foods, drinks and drugs.
145 A plane just landed on the interstate highway outside of town.
146 This is the usual justification for antitrust laws and such regulatory agencies as the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Civil Aeronautics Board.
147 The Federal Communication Commission ( FCC ) covers radio and TV transmission and interstate telephone and telegraph.
148 At the curve in the road where his cab had caught fire(sentencedict.com), the interstate was streaked with black ash.
149 And Interstate Batteries, a Texan company , helps its employees to go on missions.
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