backland

as in countryside
usually backlands plural a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country they purposely vacationed in the backlands to get away from people

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Recent Examples of backland But more migrants, moving farther into remote backlands to elude the Border Patrol, have died in scorching desert heat, a shameful indicator that enforcement is having an effect in many places. Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2024 His protagonist, living in direst poverty in Brazil’s arid backlands, decides to migrate to the wealthier coast. Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 1 Dec. 2019 Born in the arid backlands of Brazil’s north-east, Mr Gilberto arrived in Rio de Janeiro in 1950 as a singer in one of the then-fashionable vocal ensembles. The Economist, 11 July 2019 Tucked in the emerald backlands of Fayetteville, Georgia, inside a cavernous soundstage at Pinewood Studios, Mara Brock-Akil is in full field marshall mode. Jason Parham, WIRED, 19 June 2018 Patrícia Santos da Silva, 24, and her family live in the city of Santana do Ipanema, in the western backlands of Alagoas. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 1 Nov. 2017 Some escaped and formed clandestine communities in the backlands of the rainforest, independent villages known as quilombos. Smithsonian, 21 Sep. 2017
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Noun
  • When small family dairy farms were numerous and dotted the countryside, and kids would play summer baseball without adults coaching.
    Tom Redman, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The Hudson Valley, located along the Hudson River north of New York City, offers bucolic countryside living just outside the Big Apple.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Authorities say one issue is smoldering hot spots that can burn into the root systems of trees and bushes causing fires to linger.
    Anissa Reyes, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The flames spread to a tractor-trailer and some surrounding bushes, according to authorities.
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The Premier League will always be the priority, yet Emery views this competition as his managerial hinterland.
    Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
  • As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment stages for the war.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Chaotic warrens in rundown backwaters, such as the desolate apartment complex where Beibei’s grandmother used to live, suggest neglect that’s far from benign.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Why are the Ukrainians risking lives and resources on a comparatively meaningless action in a sector that’s a relative backwater, when critical Ukrainian strongpoints in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast are under relentless Russian assault?
    David Axe, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Comments The Voice has proved to be a massively successful format worldwide, allowing eager singers from dozens of countries to show off their vocal abilities.
    Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Reports from Canadian news outlets warn of a potential recession in the northern country if Trump’s 25% tariff on Canadian exports sustains, along with the retaliatory tariffs Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced would go into effect on Feb 4.
    Kate Linderman, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2025
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  • With just a hundred or so residents in an area bigger than the Netherlands, this piece of the Australian outback is something precious in a world swamped by wireless signals: an island of unusual calm, a clear window onto the cosmos.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Nov. 2017
  • True to its name, this extraordinary conflict saw armed soldiers pitted against emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae), large flightless birds native to the Australian outback.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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  • All these factors will influence how the commercial frontier will play into what might be the next big conflict: Taiwan.
    Matt Kaplan, Foreign Affairs, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Hezbollah must pull its forces north of Lebanon’s Litani River – a frontier beyond which the militant group was not supposed to have advanced under a 2006 United Nations Security Council resolution.
    Mick Krever, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025

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“Backland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backland. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.

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