Thesaurus results for BACKCOUNTRY

backcountry

noun

ˈbak-ˌkən-trē

Definition of backcountry

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 Another project would involve replacing 17 wayside exhibits at backcountry trailheads and three in the Cottonwood Spring area and adding three new interpretive wayside exhibits on the Mastodon Peak Loop. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 The Monterey County Sheriff's Office reminds those venturing into the backcountry to know their limitations and prepare before departing. — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 Come winter, the conditions are perfect for cross-country and backcountry skiing, snowshoeing, and dogsledding. — Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026 Cell service in Yosemite’s backcountry is unreliable; the closest full-service medical care is outside the park. — The Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for backcountry

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Noun

Three Houthi officials said the rebel group controls roughly 80% of the countryside surrounding Taiz and several key neighborhoods inside the city.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
The group now runs 15 hotels throughout Europe, including city hotels in Paris, London, and Venice, countryside estates in the Cotswolds and Biarritz, mountain chalets in Verbier and Val d’Isère, and seaside resorts in Ibiza and Menorca.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of countryside

Noun

Away from the final frontier, Mark can be found walking his dog along the country lanes of England’s Cotswolds.

— Mark Piesing, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2026
The trade is wobbling as concerns about frontier model profitability, capital expenditures, corporate cash balances, debt levels among smaller cloud companies and macroeconomic factors weigh on investor confidence.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of frontier

Noun

Butler said there seemed to be no warning before the man was tossed into nearby bushes.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Inspired by imagery in the folkloric tome Grimms’ Fairy Tales, the lights mimic thorny bushes like blackthorn and rose, both used in witchcraft.

— Francesca Perry, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of bush

Noun

But unlike most Israeli expatriates, his return voyage was a 10,000-mile, 30-plus-hour odyssey from a remote sheep station in the Australian outback to his village in the Galilee, in northern Israel.

— Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Oct. 2026
Miami Beach, once an outback on the map of the international art world, is now able to make an argument for itself as a cultural hub.

— Brian Boucher for Artnet News, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of outback

Noun

There is no evidence that foreign countries intentionally emptied prisons or mental institutions and sent people to the United States.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
State judges who take these cases look for proof that applicants cannot safely return to their home country, have been abused, abandoned or neglected by one or both parents, and that reunification with a parent is not possible.

— Sasha Allen, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of country

Noun

The cosmonauts plonked down on November 19th, 1965 in the Midlands market town of Rugby, a cultural backwater best known for the sport, the school, and wartime poet Rupert Brooke, in that order.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
Navigate the biodiverse backwaters of Choctawhatchee Bay or visit Destin, the perfect beach town for kiteboarding and snorkeling.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026

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