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
The event took competitors on a 3,000-kilometer (around 1,864-mile) journey across the Australian outback, from Darwin to Adelaide.
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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Australia Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is one of the best examples of the red desert landscapes found in the Australian outback.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 July 2025
Carolina Wilga, a German backpacker, was found alive after spending 12 days missing in the remote outback of Western Australia, according to local authorities.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
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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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Australia Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is one of the best examples of the red desert landscapes found in the Australian outback.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 July 2025
Carolina Wilga, a German backpacker, was found alive after spending 12 days missing in the remote outback of Western Australia, according to local authorities.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outback
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Although Renoir’s landscapes and portraits — of the French countryside and high society — are legendary worldwide, his drawings of these subjects are not well-known, particularly to the public.—
Jane Levere,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Filipino comics creator Budjette Tan reflects on his childhood memories of tikbálang on an episode about the Philippines' countryside shapeshifter.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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And inside the hedges was my tour photographer hiding in bushes that had not previously been there.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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The Rose Garden at MCC offers a beautiful display of around 9,000 rose bushes right outside the Mesa Community College building.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Designed to tackle one of the last frontiers of home robotics – efficient carpet care – the R2 uses advanced AI navigation to cover every corner of the home, promising to deliver a professional-grade clean with minimal human input.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Oct. 2025
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The official also said troops responded with heavy weaponry near Tirah in Khyber district and across the frontier in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province.—
NPR,
NPR,
12 Oct. 2025
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But in the post-Grand Slam hinterland, with many top players resting, there are always opportunities for players on the rise.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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But in 2007, Israeli intelligence serendipitously stumbled on evidence of a Syrian nuclear reactor—a miniature replica of North Korea’s Yongbyon facility—that was housed in a nondescript, aboveground complex in the hinterland near the Euphrates River.—
VIPIN NARANG,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Sep. 2025
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And only three of those countries are members of NATO.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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At least since 1800, when Parson Weems published his Life of Washington, biography has been the medium through which most Americans have understood the birth of their country.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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The body of a skier who was caught in an avalanche in the Alaska backcountry seven months ago has been recovered.—
Christian Orozco,
NBC news,
9 Oct. 2025
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Climb aboard Captain Duane Baker’s Flats Fly-Fishing Florida Keys tour, which gives you the chance to fly-fish in the Florida backcountry.—
Teaghan Skulszki,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Oct. 2025
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The life of an unattractive and unintelligent young woman living in a dreary backwater in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Unlike Bacalar, which is relatively new to tourism, Tulum has been transformed from a sleepy backwater into a pumping party town.—
Simon Willis,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Outback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outback. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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