the outback

noun

: the part of Australia that is far from cities and where few people live

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Meanwhile, Top’s family and community members continued their search for the 26-year-old man in the outback, reported Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), 9News and The Age. David Chiu, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025 As the floodwaters recede, large swathes of green — reawakened desert life — continue to emerge across the outback, NASA photos show. Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025 But, able to work in Australia, Kotcheff helmed the unsettling Wake in Fright, about a schoolteacher (Gary Bond) who gets stranded in the outback and must deal with a group of brutal beer-swillers. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025 The moon's shadow will then trace a path of totality across a remote part of the Indian Ocean before a low-setting eclipsed sunset is seen from South Australia and the outback of New South Wales and Queensland. Jamie Carter, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the outback

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“The outback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20outback. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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