Third World country
Example Sentences
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LaGuardia Airport was famously described as befitting a Third World country.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
“Learning to parent a child in a Third World country was interesting,” said Carrie Glazer, who had done humanitarian work in Uganda and long wanted to adopt.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 2022
She wouldn’t even consider visiting Los Angeles anymore — a Third World country is better off, she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2021
I lived for several years in a so-called Third World country that is about 96% of African descent.
From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2018
For example, which is less morally fraught: Stem cell eggs and artificial wombs, or paying a poor woman in a Third World country as an egg donor or surrogate mother?
From Salon • Sep. 19, 2012
