hinterlands

Example Sentences

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Now, as the sport’s leaders wonder how many other Cignettis might be out there laboring in gridiron hinterlands, the real Cignetti is simply reloading for next season.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

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

She did offer this “major commitment”: The unhoused wouldn’t be moved to the hinterlands during the Games.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 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