as in wilderness
that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation hiking in the out-of-doors can be a tremendous appetite builder

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  • Speer's team excels at wilderness searches and is more than 160 strong, comprised of doctors, pilots, service members and one 78-year-old nuclear physicist.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 3 May 2025
  • In the picture, Charlotte grins outside while sporting hiking gear against a wilderness landscape.
    Greta Bjornson, People.com, 2 May 2025
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“Out-of-doors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/out-of-doors. Accessed 13 May. 2025.

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