as in countryside
usually backlands plural
a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country
they purposely vacationed in the backlands to get away from people
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His protagonist, living in direst poverty in Brazil’s arid backlands, decides to migrate to the wealthier coast.
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 Dec. 2019
Born in the arid backlands of Brazil’s north-east, Mr Gilberto arrived in Rio de Janeiro in 1950 as a singer in one of the then-fashionable vocal ensembles.
—The Economist, 11 July 2019
Tucked in the emerald backlands of Fayetteville, Georgia, inside a cavernous soundstage at Pinewood Studios, Mara Brock-Akil is in full field marshall mode.
—Jason Parham, WIRED, 19 June 2018
Patrícia Santos da Silva, 24, and her family live in the city of Santana do Ipanema, in the western backlands of Alagoas.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 1 Nov. 2017
Some escaped and formed clandestine communities in the backlands of the rainforest, independent villages known as quilombos.
—Smithsonian, 21 Sep. 2017
Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 Dec. 2019
Born in the arid backlands of Brazil’s north-east, Mr Gilberto arrived in Rio de Janeiro in 1950 as a singer in one of the then-fashionable vocal ensembles.
—The Economist, 11 July 2019
Tucked in the emerald backlands of Fayetteville, Georgia, inside a cavernous soundstage at Pinewood Studios, Mara Brock-Akil is in full field marshall mode.
—Jason Parham, WIRED, 19 June 2018
Patrícia Santos da Silva, 24, and her family live in the city of Santana do Ipanema, in the western backlands of Alagoas.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 1 Nov. 2017
Some escaped and formed clandestine communities in the backlands of the rainforest, independent villages known as quilombos.
—Smithsonian, 21 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backland
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While a conductor led a 12-piece band dressed in red jackets, riders of all ages departed at 8:45 a.m. Each had selected one of three countryside routes to follow—(short), (long) and (intrepid)—42, 85 and 120 kilometers (26, 53 and 75 miles) in length.Tom Mullen, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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But later, at a small meeting, Vermeij explains, Rockstar North ultimately settled on having one big map, with vast countryside and desert in between.Ade Adeniji, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2024
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Green tea is a popular type of tea made from the unoxidized leaves of the Camellia sinensis bush.Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH, Verywell Health, 25 Oct. 2024
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We were interrupted halfway through by a young bull moose wandering through to eat the ripe currants off bushes that were scattered around the area.New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2024
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Jeremy Strong has ignited Oscar chat with his performance in The Apprentice as Roy Cohn, Donald Trump’s mentor and lawyer during his hinterland as a property developer in Manhattan, but he’s revealed that every studio initially passed on the project.Caroline Frost, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2024
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The hinterland one sees from the Rovos Rail, of Zambia and Botswana, of Namibia and Tanzania, is the true, largely untrammeled face of the region.Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2024
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Jefferson Chalmers was included in the city’s basement backup protection program, funded through the American Rescue Plan Act, to install backwater valves and sump pumps in homes hit hardest by heavy rainfall and flooding.Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2024
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General relativity — Einstein’s theory that matter and energy warp space-time and that this warping is gravity — had fallen into the backwaters of physics, outshined by progress in quantum mechanics.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
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Globally, over 73% of employers across 10 countries, including the U.K., Germany and Japan, have faced a similar dilemma after calling time on remote work.Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
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Produced in partnership with market research firm Statista, the ranking is based largely on survey responses from approximately 100,000 women working for multinational corporations across 37 countries.Rachel Rabkin Peachman, Forbes, 24 Oct. 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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Hunter has previously explored areas of the Ohio and Indiana frontier and was known for his ability to record the scientific data collected.Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 27 Oct. 2024
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OpenAI plans to launch Orion, its next frontier model, by December, The Verge has learned.Kylie Robison, The Verge, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Backland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backland. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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