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outback

[aut-bak, aut-bak] / ˈaʊtˌbæk, ˈaʊtˈbæk /
NOUN
back country
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While its telescopes continued scanning the distant universe, unusually generous winter rains brought the surrounding outback to life in a brilliant display of wildflowers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

The discovery began when Aaron Bean, a professional horticulturalist who was helping band birds on a large outback property in Queensland, noticed an unusual plant growing in the landscape.

From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026

Another of his acclaimed works is 2022's Runt, about the adventures of an 11-year-old girl and her stray dog and set in the Australia outback.

From BBC ● May 5, 2026

As I step out into this next phase of life, I do sometimes find myself missing the chaos of Hanoi or the wide-open spaces of the Australian outback.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026

At the end of the war, life returned to normal, and Shackleton began a world tour, speaking to audiences in big cities and outback villages about Endurance’s doomed voyage.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

He’s read the great classics as well — Chaucer, for example — and is amused that people living in rural outbacks didn’t spend their college years in Middle English seminars.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2015

Several trouble spots remain, but hundreds of families are returning to their lands in seven newly declared zones of "total pacification" in the outbacks.

From Time Magazine Archive


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