as in countryside
a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country
he took a month's supplies and headed out to the backcountry
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Recent Examples of backcountry
Some of the latter travel through the park’s iconic Ten Thousand Islands and the expansive Florida Bay, while others venture into the Florida backcountry.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2025
More than 100 officers from federal, state, and local agencies are actively involved in the manhunt in an intensive search effort that includes aerial surveillance, tracking dogs and backcountry patrols.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2025
Yet those willing to test its mettle will discover a highly capable explorer that, with the new G 580, takes battery power to the backcountry.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 11 June 2025
Park rangers received two reports at approximately 4 p.m. Sunday of two people dead at a backcountry campground on the Lake Superior island about 15 miles east of Grand Portage, Minn., the Michigan park said in a news release Tuesday morning.
—Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 10 June 2025
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2025
More than 100 officers from federal, state, and local agencies are actively involved in the manhunt in an intensive search effort that includes aerial surveillance, tracking dogs and backcountry patrols.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2025
Yet those willing to test its mettle will discover a highly capable explorer that, with the new G 580, takes battery power to the backcountry.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 11 June 2025
Park rangers received two reports at approximately 4 p.m. Sunday of two people dead at a backcountry campground on the Lake Superior island about 15 miles east of Grand Portage, Minn., the Michigan park said in a news release Tuesday morning.
—Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backcountry
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About a bunch of incredibly good-looking people having a great time in the Italian countryside, the film stars Branagh, Emma Thompson, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Keaton, Robert Sean Leonard, Keanu Reeves and Denzel Washington.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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Hike to its summit for panoramic views of the coastline and countryside.—
Carrie Coolidge,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks, former head of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab and a founder of iRobot, knows from decades of building real-world applications from frontier technologies, that to be widely adopted, even the most clever tools must leave room for humans.—
Gabriel Snyder,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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Retirement, commonly referred to as the golden years, is the final frontier.—
Oc Register,
Oc Register,
22 June 2025
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In November, when the trees and bushes around the home were bare, police returned to search the surrounding area but again could not find her.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2025
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The British soldiers fought in red uniforms with orderly precision and methodical execution; Marion fought in camouflage from trees and bushes.—
Chip Bell,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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This mismatch in the data between the different antennas caused the blur, so to remove it, the researchers eliminated the signal coming from the outer antennas to favor only the inner part of the telescope, which is spread out over about 2.3 square miles in the Australian outback.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
30 June 2025
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In northeastern Australia, more than a year’s worth of rain fell in just one week in March, kicking off rare flooding and a massive transformation throughout the country’s arid outback.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2025
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And in some countries, gratuities aren't usually included with credit card charges.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
9 July 2025
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The European Commission and its president, Ursula von der Leyen, are navigating a tightrope–balancing a unified negotiating stance with the political and economic pressures facing individual countries.—
Myron Brilliant,
Time,
9 July 2025
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Having set up this backwater office where nothing ever happens and then bring death to the door was a brilliant stroke.—
Patrick Hipes,
Deadline,
17 June 2025
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In 2001, Michael Dorrell volunteered to move from the Sydney headquarters of Australian investment bank Macquarie to a backwater in its infrastructure investing specialty: the United States of America.—
Hank Tucker,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The film gathers immoral cops, ruthless women and corrupt politicians to complete the world of populist cinema based in hinterlands of India.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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Oklahoma City and Indianapolis are out-of-the-way markets, their stars don’t move the needle, a Finals in the (supposed) hinterlands will send the national TV ratings into the tank, etc.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
6 June 2025
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“Backcountry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backcountry. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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