as in country
the open rural area outside of big towns and cities
everyone hates to see the countryside ruined by new developments
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Recent Examples of countryside
The train will then travel south from the French capital towards Pompeii, offering views of the Italian countryside along the way.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
To get a better idea of the vastness of the Milky Way, get out into the countryside where the sky is pitch dark.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
The Broncos sequestered like a jury in the countryside, left to focus on football.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
The shootings cast a pall on what is normally a jubilant season in the Mississippi countryside, as stifling heat gives way to cooler autumn days and former residents return to reconnect with the community of their youth.
—Aishvarya Kavi, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
To get a better idea of the vastness of the Milky Way, get out into the countryside where the sky is pitch dark.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
The Broncos sequestered like a jury in the countryside, left to focus on football.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
The shootings cast a pall on what is normally a jubilant season in the Mississippi countryside, as stifling heat gives way to cooler autumn days and former residents return to reconnect with the community of their youth.
—Aishvarya Kavi, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countryside
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Meanwhile, a founder scaling across Europe must incorporate separate entities in each country, untangle regulatory and employment codes in multiple languages and markets, and explain to engineers in Munich why their stock options are treated differently to their colleagues’ in Madrid.—
Jan Hammer,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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The History of Emily Montague was published in 1769, but the Canadian Confederation—the alliance of the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia into an independent country separate from Great Britain—didn’t occur until 1867.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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The most enduring symbol of that series: Manu Ginobili at age 36, weaving his way through traffic in Game 5, giving a stiff-arm to 2013 tormentor Ray Allen before exploding for an out-of-nowhere dunk on Chris Bosh.—
Jeff McDonald,
ExpressNews.com,
18 May 2020
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While the series has officially concluded, this comeback special fast forwards to an entirely new, out-of-nowhere plot point and is therefore easy to watch for novices.—
Sam Machkovech,
Ars Technica,
13 May 2020
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Throughout the scoring process, Middleton familiarized himself with the world of wilderness therapy and the troubled teen industry.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
17 Oct. 2025
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Created and showrun by Michael Amo (Pure, The Listener) and Will Pascoe (Orphan Black, Absentia), the new series, John Carpenter Presents, during season one will be set in the remote wilderness of Alaska.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Countryside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countryside. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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