as in countryside
a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country
he took a month's supplies and headed out to the backcountry
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Recent Examples of backcountry
The man was found safe on Sunday, Sept. 14, at around 1 p.m. local time near Valentines Hut in the backcountry of the Snowy Mountains in Kosciuszko National Park, the NSW Police Force said in a release.
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Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Their explorations will include speaking with conservationists, tracking wolverines in the rugged North American backcountry, examining Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and more.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
But none of that will matter if you get lost in the backcountry without a way to call in rescue.
—Kieran Alger, Wired News, 2 Sep. 2025
The revelation comes nearly three months after the girls were found dead near a campsite in the Cascades, a remote and picturesque region known for backcountry hiking and camping.
—Cindy Vonquednow, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2025
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Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Their explorations will include speaking with conservationists, tracking wolverines in the rugged North American backcountry, examining Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and more.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
But none of that will matter if you get lost in the backcountry without a way to call in rescue.
—Kieran Alger, Wired News, 2 Sep. 2025
The revelation comes nearly three months after the girls were found dead near a campsite in the Cascades, a remote and picturesque region known for backcountry hiking and camping.
—Cindy Vonquednow, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backcountry
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Advertisement In 1963, the Shah introduced land reforms to modernize the countryside by redistributing large estates to small farmers, breaking up control of feudal landlords, and promoting mechanized farming with state credit.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Qian and her partner are renovating a farmhouse in the Portuguese countryside.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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About 15 drones were spotted flying over eastern Belgium's Elsenborn military training area, a NATO base in the Liège province near the German frontier, the Brussels Signal media outlet reported.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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With Tinker’s launch, Thinking Machines Lab is betting that the next frontier in AI lies not in building ever-larger models, but in democratizing access to advanced capabilities through fine-tuning tools.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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Bond has helped them with yard work, trimming bushes and spraying for insects.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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He was pursued by Gonzales-Magallanes and a juvenile suspect, who emerged from a hiding spot in some bushes and opened fire toward Othman, prosecutors alleged.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
23 Sep. 2025
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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
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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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Other countries like Russia, China and Syria limit access to VPNs and what VPN providers can operate in their countries.—
Arpan Lobo,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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With United Nations climate talks around the corner in November, Rockström and other researchers hope leaders in countries around the world will incorporate scientific perspectives about the food system into their national policies.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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Like certain heroines of Henry James, her favorite writer, Alice flaunted a chic that was notable in a backwater.—
Judith Thurman,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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The Israeli strike was a course correction for US foreign policy that has elevated Doha from a backwater to a global mediation center, Lee Smith writes in the conservative, pro-Israel Tablet Magazine.—
Hadley Gamble,
semafor.com,
15 Sep. 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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“Backcountry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backcountry. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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