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
These warnings highlight the risk of travel difficulties, slippery roads and hazardous conditions, particularly for motorists and backcountry visitors.
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
But while the Skullet and similar alternatives provide more powerful, base camp-ready cooking and heating performance, the Sunflower X boasts a much lighter, more affordable design perfect for solo or small-group backcountry adventure.
—New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025
Nothing, not even the slog of a miles long backcountry ski, exhausts me like chugging upward on two wheels.
—Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2025
Dreamed up by Andy Gohlich, the 100-plus-mile backcountry route connects all 13 of the 14,000-foot peaks in California’s Sierra Nevada in a single, nonstop push.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 13 Oct. 2025
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
But while the Skullet and similar alternatives provide more powerful, base camp-ready cooking and heating performance, the Sunflower X boasts a much lighter, more affordable design perfect for solo or small-group backcountry adventure.
—New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025
Nothing, not even the slog of a miles long backcountry ski, exhausts me like chugging upward on two wheels.
—Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2025
Dreamed up by Andy Gohlich, the 100-plus-mile backcountry route connects all 13 of the 14,000-foot peaks in California’s Sierra Nevada in a single, nonstop push.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backcountry
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Virginia‘s countryside is dotted with traditional farmhouses and manors, but one in the foothills of the Southwest Mountains has been given a contemporary twist by a New York architect.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Monster of Florence is a name coined by Mario Spezi, a former crime reporter for Italy's La Nazione, for a serial killer that terrorized the countryside outside Florence, Italy, between 1968 and 1985.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
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While significant hurdles remain, both real and perceived, lending represents the next frontier in maturing the industry’s financial ecosystem.—
Peter Su,
Rolling Stone,
20 Oct. 2025
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Just as Hollywood cowboys once defended the American frontier, real ones can now do the same at the American border.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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Better check behind every bush and tree, because this movie will convince you every sleepy suburb is a slaughterhouse in the making.—
Chris Snellgrove,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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Bush Cucumbers Vining cucumbers are generally too large to easily shield from frost, but bush-type cucumbers can be covered with a large cloche or cardboard box if cold weather is in the forecast.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Oct. 2025
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While locations like a solar panel farm in the Australian outback fit the bill for near-future ground war, the result mostly feels sterile, amounting to a bunch of empty pathways bathed in stark daylight.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 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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Given the Frenchman’s frightening form — already up to 18 goals for club and country this season — expect to see Mbappe looking to test the millimetric precision of the Barcelona high line once again.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Regional countries have begun to act against the crime flourishing inside Cambodia’s borders that has ensnared their citizens.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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The life of an unattractive and unintelligent young woman living in a dreary backwater in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Unlike Bacalar, which is relatively new to tourism, Tulum has been transformed from a sleepy backwater into a pumping party town.—
Simon Willis,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 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 26 Oct. 2025.
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