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political territory; nation n.
rural area; area away from city n.

NOUN

political territory; nation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

community land people public region society state

STRONG

citizenry citizens commonwealth constituents electors homeland inhabitants kingdom polity populace realm soil terrain voters

WEAK

grassroots native land patria sovereign state

Antonyms

WEAK

city metropolis urbanity

NOUN

rural area; area away from city

Synonyms

STRONGEST

province

STRONG

backwoods boondocks bush countryside farmland farms forests hinterland outback outdoors sticks wilderness wilds woodlands woods

WEAK

back country boonies cow country green belt middle of nowhere up country wide open space

Antonyms

WEAK

city metropolis urbanity

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At Meta Connect, underneath his mullet, Wang presented the updates to Meta Muse, including new security measures, a Mac app, and rollouts to more countries.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

It is running until Tuesday and will screen 60 films from 27 countries over five days.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

About 1.3 million people from 17 countries had TPS when President Trump returned to office last year, and Salvadorans make up the largest group of remaining beneficiaries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Commerce Department doesn’t require an export license to ship this type of hardware to those two countries, but does for shipments to China.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Iceland, the westernmost and one of the smallest countries in Europe, sitting remotely in the North Atlantic just below the Arctic Circle, may have seemed a curious venue for a World Chess Championship.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady