hinterland

Example Sentences

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Moreover, there is substantial income variation between urban vs. rural seniors, and between those in coastal megacities and those in hinterland counties.

From Barron's

Washing machines in China’s hinterland are being churned out under the command of an AI “factory brain.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Set in the hinterlands of Alberta, the movie focuses on several teenagers, both living and dead — a haunting that feels like a generational cri de coeur.

From New York Times

Entire families leave their homes in India’s vast rural hinterlands to camp out at such bazaars, found in nearly every city.

From Seattle Times

Ireland does have the aspect of a human heart — a real one: west coast aortal peninsulas and an inner hinterland where “hill heaped upon hill,” as Yeats wrote, rolls with a smooth, muscular gloss.

From Washington Post