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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  • Sadly, for now, Murkowski is one of vanishingly few Republican politicians with the guts to speak up against the party’s rogue president — a brave, but lonely, voice in the wilderness.
    Mark Barabak, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Others, including Winks, were left out in the wilderness after getting on the wrong side of Van Nistelrooy. Disjointed, dejected, demotivated and defeated.
    Rob Tanner, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Out-of-doors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/out-of-doors. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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