as in countryside
a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country
people who live in the Australian outback tend to be self-sufficient
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Recent Examples of outback
But now, gin’s gone global, with new flavors popping up everywhere, from the Aussie outback to the U.S. West Coast.
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Noel Burgess, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Read Next World Armless creature with clawed toes found in Australian outback.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
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
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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Noel Burgess, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Read Next World Armless creature with clawed toes found in Australian outback.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outback
Noun
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His family often had to hide in the bushes in the countryside — sometimes for days at a time — to escape rebel attacks.—
Sophia Li,
NPR,
17 Aug. 2025
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When the Nazis occupied France, the family took refuge in the countryside.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Aug. 2025
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Jablonski tried to run away but fell into some bushes when one of the officers pushed him.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Aug. 2025
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As newborns, the 10 puppies were tossed into a bush near the Mission Viejo Animal Service Center.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
3 Aug. 2025
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The goal is to eventually send various sizes and types of spacecraft to a variety of destinations in the final frontier, using orbital transfer vehicles.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The film centers on James Kettleman (Holloway), a hardened East Coast businessman who returns to the Montana frontier under the name Flint, the alias of the notorious killer who raised him.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
14 Aug. 2025
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One is that working class people from the American hinterlands simply lack the time, resources, and networks to gamble on a vocation with so little security.—
Lee Cole
June 17,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2025
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On the opposite shore of the lake, the Venetian denomination Bardolino DOC extends on the morainic hills of the hinterland.—
Elisabetta Tosi,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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This is higher than the 2.3% rate from a year ago but still well below the official rates set for any country.—
Raul Elizalde,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Will travelers from the US and other countries be impacted?—
Matthew Rehbein,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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Details about what led up to the shooting in the usually peaceful backcountry remain unclear.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
3 Aug. 2025
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As a pilot, he’s also flown countless missions at his own expense to aid in firefighting and backcountry search and rescue missions.—
Chris Dorsey,
Forbes.com,
27 July 2025
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Similarly, in Anhui Province in eastern China, the city of Hefei has transformed from a poor backwater into a crucial hub for the electric vehicle industry.—
Damien Ma,
Foreign Affairs,
1 July 2025
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The weather service said backwater flooding along the Little Miami, Great Miami and Licking rivers will also result in road closures.—
Quinlan Bentley,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Outback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outback. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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