as in country
the open rural area outside of big towns and cities
everyone hates to see the countryside ruined by new developments
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Recent Examples of countryside
The Magnani Rocca Foundation, a private museum, lies in the heart of the countryside 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Parma.
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ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
Behind the private gates of Clos du Lac, where vineyards edge the winding roads, one hilltop estate overlooking Folsom Lake pulls off the Mediterranean spirit so seamlessly that comparisons to the Italian countryside don’t feel like exaggeration.
—David Caraccio
march 28, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026
Zoltán Kodály and Béla Bartók traveled around countrysides collecting tunes to be turned into piano, violin and orchestral compositions.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
The Easter egg hunt of today and the Easter bunny may have evolved from the myth of Ostara, a Teutonic goddess of spring, who had a hare scatter birds' eggs over the countryside for children to collect and take home.
—Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 25 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
Behind the private gates of Clos du Lac, where vineyards edge the winding roads, one hilltop estate overlooking Folsom Lake pulls off the Mediterranean spirit so seamlessly that comparisons to the Italian countryside don’t feel like exaggeration.
—David Caraccio
march 28, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026
Zoltán Kodály and Béla Bartók traveled around countrysides collecting tunes to be turned into piano, violin and orchestral compositions.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
The Easter egg hunt of today and the Easter bunny may have evolved from the myth of Ostara, a Teutonic goddess of spring, who had a hare scatter birds' eggs over the countryside for children to collect and take home.
—Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countryside
Noun
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That decade started with the 1973 oil embargo by Arab countries who were members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, and ended with the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which many attribute to helping end Jimmy Carter's presidency.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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And both reckon with the extent to which historical ignorance and the calculated distortion of the past threaten the foundation on which our country was built.—
Francine Prose,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Little Rock advances with an out-of-nowhere comeback that leads to an 85-83 double-overtime victory over Purdue in the first round of the NCAA tournament.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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The series, the tale of a wealthy family forced to start from scratch in the middle-of-nowhere town of the title, amassed a cult following during the pandemic.—
Meriam Bouarrouj,
NBC news,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Then the action moves into the wilderness.—
Stephanie Burt,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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After surviving a 180-foot fall down a waterfall, a four-year-old border collie named Molly spent nearly two weeks alone in the New Zealand wilderness.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Countryside.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countryside. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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