the country
noun
1
: the people who live in a country
The whole country was stunned by the news.
The President has the support of most of the country.
2
: land that is away from big towns and cities : countryside
She lives out in the country.
They prefer the country to the city.
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Yet that’s exactly what happens far too often across the country, as hospitals blind consumers to prices, then blindside them with enormous bills that arrive weeks and months later.
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Cynthia A Fisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025
Communities torn apart and lives upended by extreme weather events across the country (and the globe) feel in their bones that climate change/global warming is doing real damage to their lives and livelihoods.
—Joan Michelson, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Across the country, and here at home, water fountains are often broken, scarce or missing entirely.
—Rachel Bustamante, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2025
Park’s departure is the latest in a series of high-profile deportations of military veterans that have come as the Trump administration escalates immigration enforcement across the country.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 28 June 2025
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Cynthia A Fisher, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025
Communities torn apart and lives upended by extreme weather events across the country (and the globe) feel in their bones that climate change/global warming is doing real damage to their lives and livelihoods.
—Joan Michelson, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Across the country, and here at home, water fountains are often broken, scarce or missing entirely.
—Rachel Bustamante, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2025
Park’s departure is the latest in a series of high-profile deportations of military veterans that have come as the Trump administration escalates immigration enforcement across the country.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 28 June 2025
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“The country.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20country. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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