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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Aegon, dragged out of King’s Landing by spymaster Lord Larys Strong (Matthew Needham) in an effort to save him from the fratricidal Aemond, gets an up-close look at the petty tyrants who have sprouted up in the countryside thanks to his impetuous rule.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
18 June 2026
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The film follows two middle-aged friends who swear each drink is their last, only to go on a bender across the Italian countryside with a shy architecture student.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
17 June 2026
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The ceremony took place near the town of La Hormiga which is surrounded by vast fields of coca bushes, the raw material for cocaine that the Border Commandos export.—
John Otis,
NPR,
21 June 2026
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This has nothing to do with aesthetics—clearing out things like branches and bushes helps prevent any blockages or overcrowding.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
21 June 2026
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Extropic has already begun shipping an early version of its thermodynamic computing platform to select partners, including frontier AI labs.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026
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The Border Commandos, who control villages and smuggle cocaine along parts of Colombia's frontier with Ecuador, number about 1,000 fighters, thus only 10% of the group actually turned in weapons.—
John Otis,
NPR,
21 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 treaty involves regular onsite inspections by the IAEA to confirm that countries are complying with the treaty’s terms.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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Beijing broadly denies providing weapons to countries in conflict.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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For a true adventure, hop aboard a boat to the far end of Lake Chelan to access the North Cascades backcountry.—
Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
20 June 2026
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Idaho State Parks and Recreation last week held a ribbon cutting for a new addition to its popular Idaho City backcountry yurt system.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
18 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 24 Jun. 2026.
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