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 principal amenity, really, is the open deck from which guests can watch the countryside slip by, under bright red- and white-striped sails.
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Matt Dutile, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2025
When small family dairy farms were numerous and dotted the countryside, and kids would play summer baseball without adults coaching.
—Tom Redman, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
The Hudson Valley, located along the Hudson River north of New York City, offers bucolic countryside living just outside the Big Apple.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2025
Marson’s 1932 play, At What a Price, depicts a young Black woman from the Jamaican countryside who moves to Kingston and takes a job as a stenographer.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025
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Matt Dutile, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2025
When small family dairy farms were numerous and dotted the countryside, and kids would play summer baseball without adults coaching.
—Tom Redman, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
The Hudson Valley, located along the Hudson River north of New York City, offers bucolic countryside living just outside the Big Apple.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2025
Marson’s 1932 play, At What a Price, depicts a young Black woman from the Jamaican countryside who moves to Kingston and takes a job as a stenographer.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025
See all Example Sentences for countryside
Recent Examples of Synonyms for countryside
Noun
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That leaves time for Washington and other countries to negotiate and hopefully lessen the ultimate shock.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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The only country in the world that attacks such sites, occupies nuclear power plants, and wages war without any regard for the consequences is today's Russia.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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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
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King’s daughter Janet Fenton still tends to her father’s beloved patch of wilderness.—
Justin Meneguzzi,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Feb. 2025
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His time in the political wilderness gave the GOP a cutting edge.—
Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Countryside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countryside. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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