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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
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.
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Stephy Chung, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
The night parrot—a brilliantly colored, nocturnal bird—once thrived in Australia’s outback.
—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
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Stephy Chung, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
The night parrot—a brilliantly colored, nocturnal bird—once thrived in Australia’s outback.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outback
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The show is set in numerous locations throughout Norway (and Lithuania, subbing in for Russia), from the brutalist architecture of Oslo to quaint villages in the Norwegian countryside.—
Andrea Duncan-Mao,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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This luxury resort, set in the tranquil countryside, is your gateway to surprising epicurean adventures as well.—
Wendy Altschuler,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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During the same interview, Mr. Trump praised the Secret Service agent who saw the rifle's barrel coming out of a bush.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2025
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According to two other witnesses, Blue Jr. hid two guns behind a bush in front of the building before officers arrived, the affidavit said.—
Natalie Demaree,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2025
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Opening a potential new frontier in LLMs Diffusion models do involve some trade-offs.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
27 Feb. 2025
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Of course, advertisers who step into new frontiers often want to dominate them.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
26 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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While inflation has since slowed, families are still being affected by supply chain issues, other inflationary pressures, and even the looming threat of tariffs against countries such as China, Mexico, and Canada—which could raise prices for consumers.—
Solcyré Burga,
TIME,
27 Feb. 2025
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In fact, the two bass species have become so popular in sportfishing circles that they’ve been introduced to other countries as well.—
Derek Horner,
Outdoor Life,
27 Feb. 2025
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In 1998, Ty built a backcountry hut three miles away that was a separate business from the Tennessee Pass operation.—
John Meyer,
The Denver Post,
3 Mar. 2025
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The plant was found on a hike in the park's backcountry in March 2024 by park volunteer Deb Manley and Cathy Hoyt, a park interpretive operations supervisor.—
James Doubek,
NPR,
26 Feb. 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 9 Mar. 2025.
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