the outback

noun

: the part of Australia that is far from cities and where few people live

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Lauren, a dynamic Indigenous lawyer ticking off life goals and Ned, her British husband, move back to the Top End (where the outback meets the tropics) to raise Bub. —

Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024 But for Australians, the vineyards, giant jarrah trees, and white-sand beaches are as iconic as the outback. —

Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2024 Sensing this once-great dynasty is in decline, the outback’s most powerful factions — rival cattle barons, desert gangsters, Indigenous elders and billionaire miners — move in for the kill. —

Matt Grobar, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024 Parton’s Imagination Library, which provides underserved children the opportunity to learn through reading, stretches from the hills of Appalachia to the outback of Australia. —

Paul Grein, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the outback