as in countryside
a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country
a distant backwater that didn't even have electricity at that time
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Recent Examples of backwater
Jefferson Chalmers was included in the city’s basement backup protection program, funded through the American Rescue Plan Act, to install backwater valves and sump pumps in homes hit hardest by heavy rainfall and flooding.
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Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2024
General relativity — Einstein’s theory that matter and energy warp space-time and that this warping is gravity — had fallen into the backwaters of physics, outshined by progress in quantum mechanics.
—Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
More:Climate change imperils the upper Mississippi River backwaters.
—Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2024
My journey ended in Kerala's serene backwaters, at Kayal Island Retreat on the island of Kakkathuruthu.
—Vasudha Rai, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2023
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And during the Tuscany & Umbria Women’s Multi-Active experience, travelers navigate the Tuscan countryside and engage in delightful wine tastings, crostata cooking classes, and intimate castle dinners.Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2024
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Here’s what’s new in Milwaukee-area theaters starting Friday, as well as some of the new movies available on streaming and on demand this week. ‘Blitz’ Short version: In World War II London, a single mother (Saoirse Ronan) sends her 9-year-old son (Elliott Heffernan) to the English countryside.Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
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With new capabilities being added to AI systems at a steady rate—in October, frontier AI lab Anthropic introduced the ability for its model to directly control a computer, still in beta—the complexity of governing this technology will only increase.Tharin Pillay, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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This series in collaboration with the cast and crew has proven there is a hunger to explore new frontiers in an episodic format, where actors have freedom to challenge themselves and take risks.Nick Caruso, TVLine, 4 Nov. 2024
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Midtown Manhattan appears in vivid detail, with the rest of the country—Chicago, Kansas City, Los Angeles—a hazy expanse of rocks, bushes, and fields on the other side of the Hudson River.Frederick Hess, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Spread gauze on bushes to mimic cobwebs with creepy DIY spiders.Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Oct. 2024
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Emphasizing the health of individuals in a country where life expectancy is four years below the average of other nations must come first, above the health of the bottom line.Nick Thomas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
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Maduro's government issued an arrest warrant for González, whom the U.S. and other countries recognize as the winner, accusing him of sabotaging the election and conspiring against the government.Christopher Intagliata, NPR, 29 Nov. 2024
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The artist was known for creating sculptures, often using leather and tree branches, to be exhibited for the benefit of a community living in the stark, desert-like conditions of the Bahia hinterlands.Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Jeremy Strong has ignited Oscar chat with his performance in The Apprentice as Roy Cohn, Donald Trump’s mentor and lawyer during his hinterland as a property developer in Manhattan, but he’s revealed that every studio initially passed on the project.Caroline Frost, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2024
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When the idea was initially conceived, under a full moon in Australia’s outback, the pair had planned to meet and get married in the middle.Stephy Chung, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
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The night parrot—a brilliantly colored, nocturnal bird—once thrived in Australia’s outback.Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Backwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backwater. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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