as in country
the open rural area outside of big towns and cities
everyone hates to see the countryside ruined by new developments
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Recent Examples of countryside
The group said that the vast majority of people killed in the current clashes were from the Alawite sect and that women and children were executed by firing squad in the countryside near Tartus.
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Marin Scott, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2025
Kerala’s affluence was also apparent in the countryside that the train was now crossing.
—Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
While Anton Chekhov always thought of The Seagull as a comedy, that fact has frequently been forgotten through productions that fall into the soporific trap set by angsty, moping, lovelorn characters losing their hearts and minds in the Russian countryside.
—Demetrios Matheou, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
The Hunting Jacket: Seafarer Working an eclectic mix of references, Seafarer’s Manuela Mariotti offered a range of cool hunting-style blazers, embracing the countryside chic vibe that has popped up here and there this fall Milan season.
—WWD, 3 Mar. 2025
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Marin Scott, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2025
Kerala’s affluence was also apparent in the countryside that the train was now crossing.
—Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
While Anton Chekhov always thought of The Seagull as a comedy, that fact has frequently been forgotten through productions that fall into the soporific trap set by angsty, moping, lovelorn characters losing their hearts and minds in the Russian countryside.
—Demetrios Matheou, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
The Hunting Jacket: Seafarer Working an eclectic mix of references, Seafarer’s Manuela Mariotti offered a range of cool hunting-style blazers, embracing the countryside chic vibe that has popped up here and there this fall Milan season.
—WWD, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countryside
Noun
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While the politics of health and care do not always map onto war and its metaphors, public health is messy when new and virulent diseases take over a country in bereavement.—
Edna Bonhomme,
Rolling Stone,
11 Mar. 2025
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Even with the new deal, the original 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from all countries will still go into effect on Wednesday as planned, according to White House spokesman Kush Desai.—
Michelle Stoddart,
ABC News,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The most enduring symbol of that series: Manu Ginobili at age 36, weaving his way through traffic in Game 5, giving a stiff-arm to 2013 tormentor Ray Allen before exploding for an out-of-nowhere dunk on Chris Bosh.—
Jeff McDonald,
ExpressNews.com,
18 May 2020
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While the series has officially concluded, this comeback special fast forwards to an entirely new, out-of-nowhere plot point and is therefore easy to watch for novices.—
Sam Machkovech,
Ars Technica,
13 May 2020
Noun
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Cedar Key sits off a part of Florida that is home to large swaths of mangrove wilderness, including Cedar Key Scrub State Reserve and Waccasassa Bay Preserve State Park.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
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In the course of the nineteen-eighties, New York transformed from a flaming wasteland of muggings, languid professionalism, and underground parties into a despoiled wilderness of muggings, careerism, and public glitz.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Countryside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countryside. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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