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a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country
the colonies hugged the coastline, while the hinterland remained largely unexplored
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Recent Examples of hinterland
This and a sandwich from the warming bin of a gas station is an all-star breakfast for a blue-collar hoss or a city slicker who’s on safari in the hinterlands of America.
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Pete Cottell, WIRED, 8 Aug. 2024
By Kathryn Romeyn July 25, 2024 7:03 AM EDT
In the rolling hills of New South Wales’ northern hinterland is a rollicking 55-acre Eden where good taste is an art form.
—Kathryn Romeyn, TIME, 25 July 2024
Although the country’s capital, Addis Ababa, remains stable, insecurity is a constant across much of the rural hinterland.
—Johnnie Carson, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2024
Molotov-Ribbentrop enabled Germany’s rampage through Europe by making much of Eurasia an economic hinterland for Berlin.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 29 Mar. 2024
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Pete Cottell, WIRED, 8 Aug. 2024
By Kathryn Romeyn July 25, 2024 7:03 AM EDT
In the rolling hills of New South Wales’ northern hinterland is a rollicking 55-acre Eden where good taste is an art form.
—Kathryn Romeyn, TIME, 25 July 2024
Although the country’s capital, Addis Ababa, remains stable, insecurity is a constant across much of the rural hinterland.
—Johnnie Carson, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2024
Molotov-Ribbentrop enabled Germany’s rampage through Europe by making much of Eurasia an economic hinterland for Berlin.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 29 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hinterland
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Here’s what’s new in Milwaukee-area theaters starting Friday, as well as some of the new movies available on streaming and on demand this week. ‘Blitz’ Short version: In World War II London, a single mother (Saoirse Ronan) sends her 9-year-old son (Elliott Heffernan) to the English countryside.Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
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And during the Tuscany & Umbria Women’s Multi-Active experience, travelers navigate the Tuscan countryside and engage in delightful wine tastings, crostata cooking classes, and intimate castle dinners.Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2024
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Midtown Manhattan appears in vivid detail, with the rest of the country—Chicago, Kansas City, Los Angeles—a hazy expanse of rocks, bushes, and fields on the other side of the Hudson River.Frederick Hess, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Spread gauze on bushes to mimic cobwebs with creepy DIY spiders.Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Oct. 2024
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The virus’ spread prompted the World Health Organization in August to declare a public health emergency of international concern, particularly as the virus spread to several other neighboring countries in Africa.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
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At Zhuhai, its chief commercial officer, Martyn Holmes, noted that China’s President Xi Jinping would visit Brazil for the G20 summit that will be held in that country this month.Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Just as Peter’s moving of his court transformed Moscow into a backwater for out-of-favor nobles, Carson’s helped to usher out the era when the Big Apple could claim to have cultural parity with Hollywood.Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2024
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Their opposition is threatening to not only turn the U.S. into a technological backwater, but also to imperil our country’s status as the world’s only superpower.Laura Shin, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
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With new capabilities being added to AI systems at a steady rate—in October, frontier AI lab Anthropic introduced the ability for its model to directly control a computer, still in beta—the complexity of governing this technology will only increase.Tharin Pillay, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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This series in collaboration with the cast and crew has proven there is a hunger to explore new frontiers in an episodic format, where actors have freedom to challenge themselves and take risks.Nick Caruso, TVLine, 4 Nov. 2024
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When the idea was initially conceived, under a full moon in Australia’s outback, the pair had planned to meet and get married in the middle.Stephy Chung, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
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The night parrot—a brilliantly colored, nocturnal bird—once thrived in Australia’s outback.Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Hinterland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hinterland. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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