They made their stateside debut in the late 1970s.
Q: Why do I need a new stateside driver’s license if my expired license is good as long as I am in military? A current, valid stateside driver’s license is required to get a USAREUR driving permit and international driving permit.2018, U.S. Army Europe Public Affairs Office, “Sponsorship & Newcomers-FAQs”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 20 Aug 2018:
“Yonks,” he replies when I ask how long he's been stateside. “It's not like I've become American. I'm in England every year.”2024 February 17, John Wright, quoting John Lydon, “I terrified a nation. Not bad for an 18-year-old”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 16:
In or to the United States, especially the lower forty-eight.
Chiefly outside USA
I'll be going stateside next month!
The gender equality picture stateside can also seem bleak, especially in the wake of the Supreme Court gutting reproductive rights last summer. Women still make only 83 percent of what men do in the U.S.—a stat that has barely budged in the past 20 years.2023 March 13, Naureen Khan, “Doug Emhoff Wants Men to Clear the Path for More Kamalas”, in Cosmopolitan: