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as in home
the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship
a great love for my country
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as in countryside
the open rural area outside of big towns and cities
out in the country, where the air is fresh and the rivers are clean
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as in nation
a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government
usually in time of war, the whole country unites behind the president
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as in rural
of, relating to, associated with, or typical of open areas with few buildings or people
plain country living among unpretentious people
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Recent Examples of country
Lise Pedersen, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Putin is keen to reboot relations with Damascus to maintain his country’s military bases in Syria, analysts said.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 30 Mar. 2023
Both airports have benefited from American’s push to dominate mid-country airports.
—Ted Reed, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
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Noun
That progress is significant in a country where cultural institutions operate within a highly centralized system.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Putin is keen to reboot relations with Damascus to maintain his country’s military bases in Syria, analysts said.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
With all affected provinces sharing borders with Cameroon and Gabon, WHO has assessed the risk of a multi-country outbreak as high.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 30 Mar. 2023
Both airports have benefited from American’s push to dominate mid-country airports.
—Ted Reed, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for country
Noun
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While home improvement stores are gaining interest from Halloween shoppers, 42% of shoppers still plan to hit big-box discount stores, up 5% from a year ago with 31% expecting to shop in Halloween/costume stores and 31% expecting to do some online shopping.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Oct. 2025
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Back then, sailors from around the world would bring six-packs from home, drink a few and leave the rest behind to be resold, giving the bar a list of over 180 different beers, according to Cleveland Magazine.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Although Renoir’s landscapes and portraits — of the French countryside and high society — are legendary worldwide, his drawings of these subjects are not well-known, particularly to the public.—
Jane Levere,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Filipino comics creator Budjette Tan reflects on his childhood memories of tikbálang on an episode about the Philippines' countryside shapeshifter.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The hope for gold-producing nations like Ghana is to responsibly leverage this bountiful natural resource without falling prey to environmental degradation and civil strife.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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The economics of access to orbit could shift dramatically, allowing smaller nations, private companies, and universities to participate in projects once limited to government agencies.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Attica by the numbers At the time of the uprising, the rural prison had an all-white correctional staff tending to 2,234 inmates, with Black prisoners making up more than half the prison population.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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Decentralizing these trials means utilizing the virtual and at-home care innovations that rural health systems have been using for years.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The National Museum of the American Indian recalls how Indigenous peoples suffered theft, loss of their homelands, enslavement, death, forced displacement and disrupted cultural traditions due to European settlement.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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The United States plans to upgrade its radars to improve their ability to identify hostile ballistic missiles targeting the homeland, according to a government announcement, as nuclear adversaries Russia, China and North Korea advance their missile capabilities.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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That later became the foundational precedent for centuries of papal claims to secular authority over the papal states of the Romagna.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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What’s the state of the literary community in rural Montana these days?—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Country.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/country. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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