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
To anyone who has toured wineries in Tuscany, the setting rings of the Italian hinterland.
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Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment stages for the war.
—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
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Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment stages for the war.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hinterland
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The first video of that cool-looking personal aircraft, which doesn’t require a pilot’s license, featured Patan several years ago flying over Italy’s Tuscany countryside.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
1 May 2025
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Vietnamese officials say the relationship with the U.S. is anchored in American efforts to address war legacies such as Agent Orange contamination and unexploded ordnance in the countryside that still threaten lives.—
Aniruddha Ghosal,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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The island is thick with bush, and there are many places for a small dog to hide.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Lamb’s residence was fenced and shielded from view by bushes.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
22 Apr. 2025
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It's been just a tremendous loser for this country.—
Bonnie Bolden,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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An independent commission to investigate the attacks held 19 days of public hearings, reviewed 2.5 million pages of documents, interviewed more than 1,200 people in 10 different countries and produced a 567-page document.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Take the short two-mile drive to Taylor Lake to see one of the river’s scenic backwater lakes.—
Jenna Blough,
Outside Online,
8 Apr. 2025
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Features destined to become increasingly important include backwater valves and elevated foundations for flood resistance; smart glass to help regulate heat and renewable energy sources for energy resilience.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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The advertising frontier represents yet another example of how crypto casinos operate in regulatory gray areas, constantly adapting to reach audiences globally from day one.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Phoenix 1, a prototype spacecraft built by German company Atmos Space Cargo, rode to the final frontier on April 21 via SpaceX's Bandwagon-3 rideshare mission.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Read Next World Armless creature with clawed toes found in Australian outback.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
15 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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“Hinterland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hinterland. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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