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a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country
the colonies hugged the coastline, while the hinterland remained largely unexplored
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Recent Examples of hinterland
That all comes filtered through the eyes of two creative women, sculptor Yoriko (Takako Matsu) and her latest model Yuri (Shizuka Ishibashi), an architect from Tokyo, who reconnect at Yoriko’s place in the Japanese hinterlands.
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Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
This is where Asia features, with its vast land and maritime hinterland serving as a huge market and a source of fossil fuel demand, security partnerships (an example of this is discussions underway with India), technology, and people.
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Vasuki Shastry,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
Moreover, as soon as Christianity began to spread outside his native land, Christian converts faced new situations in unexpected contexts, completely different from those of their founder, an itinerant Jewish preacher in the sparsely populated hinterlands of rural Galilee.
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Big Think,
26 Mar. 2026
These Ijaw villages traditionally traded goods with hinterland ethnic groups such as the Igbo and Ibibio.
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Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
This is where Asia features, with its vast land and maritime hinterland serving as a huge market and a source of fossil fuel demand, security partnerships (an example of this is discussions underway with India), technology, and people.
—
Vasuki Shastry,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
Moreover, as soon as Christianity began to spread outside his native land, Christian converts faced new situations in unexpected contexts, completely different from those of their founder, an itinerant Jewish preacher in the sparsely populated hinterlands of rural Galilee.
—
Big Think,
26 Mar. 2026
These Ijaw villages traditionally traded goods with hinterland ethnic groups such as the Igbo and Ibibio.
—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hinterland
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hinterland
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Kober, who has been married for more than 75 years, was born in east London before he and his siblings were evacuated to the countryside during World War II.
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Somehow magically, someone created an outdoor garden at a lush countryside retreat.
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Many hedges, bushes, and trees can block sight lines, so even the nosiest of neighbors will be forced to mind their own business.
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These wonders can grow as strange, twisted bushes or as giant, spindly trees.
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Like previous host countries, Turkey is likely to use the summit to put its own security concerns and defense industry on the agenda.
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And, in a country struck by tragedy, this loss felt close to home.
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Fully restored to its original glory, the mansion is located on the banks of the backwaters of Kerala, and is only accessible by boat from the mainland.
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The movie goes from this weird, seedy love motel to the industrial backwaters, and these long walks and talks down empty streets.
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The Federal Reserve attributes much of the gap to a capital stock the United States renews faster than anyone else, and the IMF to European firms that stay too small and invest too little to reach the frontier.
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The rural storytelling and fiddle music on the frontier inspired the emergence and growth of commercial country music and bluegrass music, while echoes of acoustic blues and protest songs can be heard in modern R&B and hip-hop.
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Broken Hill Those traveling between Sydney and Adelaide will stop at this outback mining town, which has some of the world’s largest silver, lead, and zinc mineral deposits.
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Observe black cockatoos preen in the drooping she-oaks, or marvel at the Dali-esque outback, filled with its skeletal mallee trees.
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