outback
noun
, -ˌbak\
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backcountry, backland(s), backwater, backwoods, bush, frontier, hinterland, outlands, up-country
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This rare gemstone, prized for its dazzling play of color, hides out of sight in the Australian outback beneath a town roughly 450 miles northwest of Sydney. — Clare Watson, Smithsonian, "Scientists and Miners Team Up to Preserve Opalized Fossils," 1 Aug. 2019 Meet Aboriginal people in the outback to learn about their culture, and camp out in the desert under the stars. — National Geographic, "Australia High School Expedition," 17 June 2019 Further down the coast, Ningaloo Reef is where the likes of Pippa Middleton, Hemsworth and Matt Damon have traveled, staying at the uber-luxe outback-meets–beach safari camp Sal Salis where one of many main attractions is swimming with whale sharks. — Kathryn Romeyn, The Hollywood Reporter, "Hollywood's Travel Guide to Western Australia," 16 July 2019 Researchers, for example, have discovered the fossilized remains of a herd of dinosaurs in an opal mine in the Australian outback. — Fox News, "Mysterious dinosaur remains discovered in Colorado are from an adult triceratops, experts confirm," 25 June 2019 In the outback, capture Uluru’s red rock and ancient carvings aglow at sunset, and zoom in on endemic desert wildlife. — National Geographic, "Australia High School Expedition," 17 June 2019 The outback has the right geologic recipe for opal to form near the edges of an ancient inland sea. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, "Dinosaur bones shimmering with opal reveal a new species," 4 June 2019 Opal can be just about any color in the visible spectrum and most of the world's opal is mined from the Australian outback, according to the Australian Opal Centre. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, "Dinosaur bones shimmering with opal reveal a new species," 4 June 2019 Researchers have discovered the fossilized remains of a herd of dinosaurs in an opal mine in the Australian outback. — Fox News, "Incredible dinosaur discovery: Herd of opal-encrusted dinos uncovered," 4 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'outback.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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The first known use of outback was in 1893
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