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a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country
people who live in the Australian outback tend to be self-sufficient
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Recent Examples of outback
Almost all Australians live on the coast: the entire outback is home to less than five per cent of the population.
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Helen Sullivan, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024
Unlike the frequent road crossings of the Appalachian Trail, PCT hikers spend their first month in the hot, dry, and surprisingly remote outback of Southern California.
—Laura Lancaster, Outdoor Life, 18 July 2024
Flinders Food Co This rustic outback eatery has all the verve and style of an urban cafe.
—Justin Meneguzzi, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2024
More than 540 million years ago, what is now South Australia’s outback was part of the continent’s thundering coastline.
—Justin Meneguzzi, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2024
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Helen Sullivan, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024
Unlike the frequent road crossings of the Appalachian Trail, PCT hikers spend their first month in the hot, dry, and surprisingly remote outback of Southern California.
—Laura Lancaster, Outdoor Life, 18 July 2024
Flinders Food Co This rustic outback eatery has all the verve and style of an urban cafe.
—Justin Meneguzzi, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2024
More than 540 million years ago, what is now South Australia’s outback was part of the continent’s thundering coastline.
—Justin Meneguzzi, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outback
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The British royals have celebrated Christmas at their private home in the Norfolk countryside for generations, and fans were heartened to see the tradition continue on the heels of a difficult year in which Charles and Kate were both diagnosed with cancer.Janine Henni, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Pack this one for your next trip to the French countryside.Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2025
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In the Key of Ursa Minor Matthew Tierney Three fake plastic bushes per sill in the mall promenade.Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
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They will be buried together in their garden at home, among the kumquat tree and blueberry bushes, the white azaleas and roses, and the pollinator plants.Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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The American frontier was a brutal place, but no more brutal than a zombie apocalypse.Erik Kain, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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America at the frontier of energy security and energy technology, finally fighting to win the global competition and pulling along jobs and opportunity at the local level.Justine Calma, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2025
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Brody’s characters teem with contradictions and inner hinterlands; patience gives way to explosive anger, smiles curve inward; his brow furrows articulately as any monologue.Wendell Steavenson, Vogue, 5 Jan. 2025
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Globalization creates wealth by enticing dynamic urban centers in richer countries to invest abroad rather than in hinterlands at home.Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018
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Australia is a long way from Nashville, but that hasn’t stopped the Wiggles from saddling up with some country friends for their upcoming album Wiggle Up, Giddy Up!, out March 7.Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
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Other countries, such as Ethiopia, Lebanon and Syria were added more recently.Hamed Aleaziz, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Grab your skis and head into the backcountry: Want an activity that’s a bit more adventurous than alpine skiing?Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2024
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Idaho Additional of five to 15 inches below pass level, and 15 to 25 inches above pass level, especially in the backcountry of the Big Hole Mountains and Bear River Range, are forecast.Emma Marsden, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
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Why are the Ukrainians risking lives and resources on a comparatively meaningless action in a sector that’s a relative backwater, when critical Ukrainian strongpoints in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast are under relentless Russian assault?David Axe, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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But even as ties have grown in recent years, Washington’s foreign policy establishment still considers Africa to be a strategic backwater.Ken Opalo, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Outback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outback. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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