as in countryside
a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country
the colonies hugged the coastline, while the hinterland remained largely unexplored
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Recent Examples of hinterland
As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment stages for the war.
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Addie Morfoot, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
Celebrity can be as alluring as royalty to someone who grew up eating gruel in the hinterlands, though such concepts must be imparted somehow.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025
From obscurity to fame Pandas once roamed a vast swath of China, along with parts of northern Myanmar and Vietnam, but human encroachment and climate change shrank the habitat of the bamboo-munching bears to just six mountain ranges above the Sichuan basin, deep in China’s hinterland.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
The Premier League will always be the priority, yet Emery views this competition as his managerial hinterland.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
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Addie Morfoot, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
Celebrity can be as alluring as royalty to someone who grew up eating gruel in the hinterlands, though such concepts must be imparted somehow.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025
From obscurity to fame Pandas once roamed a vast swath of China, along with parts of northern Myanmar and Vietnam, but human encroachment and climate change shrank the habitat of the bamboo-munching bears to just six mountain ranges above the Sichuan basin, deep in China’s hinterland.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
The Premier League will always be the priority, yet Emery views this competition as his managerial hinterland.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hinterland
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The Texas Department of Transportation is spending $540 million to widen and revamp stretches of I-20 and I-30 linking Fort Worth and Weatherford — a yearslong project that promises eased traffic, if not the preservation of remaining countryside.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Apr. 2025
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The surrounding area is great for biking, hiking, and anyone else who needs a dose of medicine in the form of expansive countryside.—
Tim Nelson,
Architectural Digest,
31 Mar. 2025
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By Lila Seidman Staff Writer Follow April 5, 2025 3 AM PT Poodle-dog bush, a pretty but dangerous plant, is growing in parts of the Angeles National Forest hit by recent wildfires.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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The geckos come out at night – so the team also goes trekking in the dark with flashlights to look for geckos perched on leaves and bushes.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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But past Democratic and Republican presidents have used their parole authorities to allow people from countries in turmoil to come to the United States, including Soviet and Vietnamese citizens.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
15 Apr. 2025
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Major countries, including the U.S., are investing heavily in quantum research, and scientists have successfully demonstrated that the technology works.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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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
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Thoughtfully constructed in 2002 to honor the natural environment, the Murphy River Walk traces the banks of the Hiwassee and Valley Rivers, where the two rivers converge to create the backwaters of Lake Hiwassee.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
6 Dec. 2024
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The push for menstrual leave may represent the next frontier in recognizing the full spectrum of women's health needs in the workplace.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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Artificial Integrity is the new frontier to make AI agents integrity-led with regard to context-aware decision-making, including social, ethical, and moral reasoning, and therefore, the ability to adapt dynamically across diverse decision-making frameworks.—
Hamilton Mann,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Finding escaped marsupials in the vast Australian outback may sound much harder than finding a needle in a haystack.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
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Specifically, scientists mentioned the Sturt Stony Desert, an outback desert in South Australia, as a potential place to look.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Hinterland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hinterland. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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