as in countryside
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
Both Benna and Einhorn were used to André pitching outrageous concepts in conversation over the years, whether in regard to a new client or a road trip involving some remote outback and hallucinogens.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2026
Users were able to comment on posts about the Australian outback incident by local news outlets.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 29 Jan. 2026
The blood-pumping thriller starts with a man and his young son arriving at a rave in the Moroccan outback looking for their daughter/sister.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
As night settled across the Australian outback, a rare bird emerged from its hiding place and moved across the ground.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2026
Users were able to comment on posts about the Australian outback incident by local news outlets.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 29 Jan. 2026
The blood-pumping thriller starts with a man and his young son arriving at a rave in the Moroccan outback looking for their daughter/sister.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
As night settled across the Australian outback, a rare bird emerged from its hiding place and moved across the ground.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outback
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Learn how to make real Italian food, by a real Italian chef, in the Italian countryside.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
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For her part, Gianina is just trying to stow away enough earnings to support her daughter, Maria (Sofia Dragoman), who lives with her grandmother (Liliana Ghita) in a grimly anonymous village in the countryside, and to save for an anticipated Christmas reunion in Romania.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
11 June 2026
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There’s a mahogany bar overlooking the open bush, outdoor canvas baths and a sense of old-world glamour that feels like it might have been lifted straight from a Hollywood movie.—
Sarah Kingdom,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Friday by university staff in some bushes inside of the West Circle near Oxford Street.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
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The resulting Carretera Austral (Southern Highway in English) bound together that distant frontier to the Chilean state by force of gravel, dynamite, and military will.—
Mark Johanson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 June 2026
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Settlers streamed into the American frontier.—
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
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The menu is top-tier and uses as much local produce from the ocean and nearby hinterland as possible.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The film eliminated even a gesture toward a plot while showing solitary nonprofessional and real-life ranch-hand Misael Saavedra chopping and hauling logs in the Argentinian hinterlands (in actuality, Alonso’s family’s ranch).—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
25 May 2026
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The first World Cup match on American soil in more than a generation and the start of a tournament that has the potential to alter the direction of soccer in this country for the next generation.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2026
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Sebastien Bozon | Afp | Getty Images Switzerland, a wealthy country that has historically embraced free movement and foreign investment, is about to vote on whether to cap its population — and restrict immigration measures to do so.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
13 June 2026
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Vermont’s black bears now run well above the state’s management target, and the crowds in the backcountry keep growing.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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The tests were conducted 26 years after the remains were first discovered in a sleeping bag in the backcountry of Washington state's Olympic National Park.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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The movie goes from this weird, seedy love motel to the industrial backwaters, and these long walks and talks down empty streets.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
1 June 2026
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Even the foundations of today’s artificial intelligence boom were laid by the NSF in the 1980s and 1990s, when neural networks were a backwater dismissed by mainstream computer science.—
Gautam Mukunda,
Twin Cities,
14 May 2026
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“Outback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outback. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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