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outback

noun

ˈau̇t-ˈbak

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 Unlike the frequent road crossings of the Appalachian Trail, PCT hikers spend their first month in the hot, dry, and surprisingly remote outback of Southern California. —

Laura Lancaster, Outdoor Life, 18 July 2024 Flinders Food Co This rustic outback eatery has all the verve and style of an urban cafe. —

Justin Meneguzzi, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2024 More than 540 million years ago, what is now South Australia’s outback was part of the continent’s thundering coastline. —

Justin Meneguzzi, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2024 Like the other films, this one is set in the Australian outback, ravaged by apocalypse. —

Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 17 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for outback

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Fennell is both writing and directing the adaptation of the book, which is a Gothic romance set in the wild countryside of Yorkshire of the naive, innocent Cathy, the dangerous and mysterious Heathcliff, and the forces and class divides that threaten to tear them apart.

Brian Welk, IndieWire, 13 Dec. 2024
The town is just a short drive inland from Venice, in the countryside where many of the city’s wealthy families kept their summer homes and villas.

John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024