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hinterlands

NOUN
backcountry
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Her hinterlands are a series of specific places “that have largely slipped under the news agenda and yet are central to the main story.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

I had not seen another person for quite a while as I biked deeper into the hinterlands of the island, connecting to East End Light Road.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 8, 2025

You can still find reruns in cable’s hinterlands or purchase the series, but the public seems resolved to acknowledge its impact without revisiting episodes in full.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2025

To call them weird, to banish them to the monstrous hinterlands, is to claw back the ability to define whether behavior is prosocial or antisocial, to determine what principles we should be conforming to.

From Slate Oct. 28, 2024

“Your hinterlands are not precious to me. Your person is. Should any ill befall you, this world would lose its savor.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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