as in countryside
a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country
a distant backwater that didn't even have electricity at that time
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How did this hardcore East Coast liberal arts major end up in this backwater working at a Costco?
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
But even so, the portrayal of Pioneertown as a backwater strip of desert nobody had heard of seemed a little far-fetched.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
But in the last year, this boundary has started to shift with a new generation of luxury riverboats that are dock in historic cities like Budapest on the Danube or distant backwaters such as La Han Bay in Vietnam.
—Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2024
To me, the backwaters permeate every aspect of life at the hotel, from the best rooms to book, which have the most panoramic views, to the food at Keraleeyam, the hotel’s primary restaurant.
—Prasad Ramamurthy, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2024
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
But even so, the portrayal of Pioneertown as a backwater strip of desert nobody had heard of seemed a little far-fetched.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
But in the last year, this boundary has started to shift with a new generation of luxury riverboats that are dock in historic cities like Budapest on the Danube or distant backwaters such as La Han Bay in Vietnam.
—Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2024
To me, the backwaters permeate every aspect of life at the hotel, from the best rooms to book, which have the most panoramic views, to the food at Keraleeyam, the hotel’s primary restaurant.
—Prasad Ramamurthy, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2024
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“Backwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backwater. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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