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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
The night parrot—a brilliantly colored, nocturnal bird—once thrived in Australia’s outback.
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Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024
Almost all Australians live on the coast: the entire outback is home to less than five per cent of the population.
—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
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Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024
Almost all Australians live on the coast: the entire outback is home to less than five per cent of the population.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outback
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In addition to his retail space, King also operates a 7,000-square-foot factory nestled in the countryside of Florence, Italy, where local skilled artisans use timeless techniques.—
Tanya Benedicto Klich,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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Caught amid the changing tides is a young boy named Xu Chuang (Wang Shang), who’s been sent to live with relatives in the countryside while his parents make ends meet elsewhere.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
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Orange County Fire Authority firefighters saved a woman and man from the San Juan Creek in San Juan Capistrano, California after receiving reports at 1:42 a.m. that they were trapped in the water, holding onto trees and bushes, the fire department shared in a social media statement.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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These bushes stay green year-round despite getting almost no summer rainfall.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2025
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From customer support to automating business operations, AI Integrations is accelerating businesses to the final frontier of digital evolution.—
Jason Phillips,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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Location sharing is the final frontier in digital expressions of coupledom.—
Shivani Vora,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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From obscurity to fame Pandas once roamed a vast swath of China, along with parts of northern Myanmar and Vietnam, but human encroachment and climate change shrank the habitat of the bamboo-munching bears to just six mountain ranges above the Sichuan basin, deep in China’s hinterland.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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The Premier League will always be the priority, yet Emery views this competition as his managerial hinterland.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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The second album, due out in February, will be more country, soul and blues-based.—
Piet Levy,
Journal Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2025
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The musical marathon raced through genres from rock, reggaeton, hip-hop, country and pop thanks to Arcade Fire, Bad Bunny, Snoop Dogg, Jelly Roll and Robyn.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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Three backcountry skiers were rescued last week near Stevens Pass in Washington state thanks to an emergency alert from an Apple iPhone—and the dramatic operation was captured on camera.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Once the backcountry skiers were located on the mountain, air support learned two of the three men were injured and could not walk.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2025
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Chaotic warrens in rundown backwaters, such as the desolate apartment complex where Beibei’s grandmother used to live, suggest neglect that’s far from benign.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
29 Jan. 2025
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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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“Outback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outback. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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