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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wilderness
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The last time Democrats were this deep in the wilderness was in 2005, when few outside the DNC had heard of Barack Obama.—
Charlotte Alter,
Time,
19 May 2025 -
According to Botti, three weeks is the longest he’s seen someone survive in the wilderness after going missing.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
15 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 25 May. 2025.
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