the outback

noun

: the part of Australia that is far from cities and where few people live

Examples of the outback in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Wide Search The project, a partnership between the SETI Institute, the Berkeley SETI Research Center and the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research, will use the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) of 4,096 radio telescope antennas in 256 grids in the outback of Western Australia. Jamie Carter, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2024 Sensing this once-great dynasty is in decline, the outback’s most powerful factions — rival cattle barons, desert gangsters, Indigenous elders and billionaire miners — move in for the kill, with billions of dollars at stake. Sara Merican, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2024 Sensing this once great dynasty is in decline, the outback’s most powerful factions – rival cattle barons, desert gangsters, Indigenous elders and billionaire miners – move in for the kill. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 18 July 2024 Delicate engravings of Aussie flora hung alongside a marble sculpture of John McDouall Stuart, a Boy’s Own–style explorer who set off from Adelaide into the outback. Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for the outback 

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“The outback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20outback. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.

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