rural
adjective
, ˈrər(-ə)l\
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noun
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adverb
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Synonyms
bucolic, country, pastoral, rustic (also rustical)
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The results in the district underscored the rural-urban split between the parties, with Bishop running up substantial numbers in outlying areas and McCready eroding GOP advantages in suburban areas. — Author: Alan Fram, Anchorage Daily News, "GOP holds NC House seat but shows weakness in suburbs," 11 Sep. 2019 Bagger’’ Huggins, 56, who was taken from a home in Northeast Portland to a rural property in southwest Washington, where he was beaten, tortured and killed. — oregonlive, "Ex-Gypsy Joker motorcycle club member accused of racketeering fears retaliation in custody, testimony reveals," 10 Sep. 2019 Meanwhile, Narayana’s approach to telemedicine is saving money and lives in rural Mississippi. — Vijay Govindarajan, Fortune, "To Lower Health Care Costs, Look to International Innovations," 10 Sep. 2019 The simplicity of this genre echoes pastoral art, a movement that romanticized humble rural life to make broad points about craft and humanity’s relationship to nature. — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, "The best thing on the Internet is Chinese cooking videos," 9 Sep. 2019 In 2017, Ma's foundation pledged $45 million over 10 years to help discover and cultivate future teaching talent in rural China. — Sherisse Pham, CNN, "Jack Ma retires from Alibaba as he turns 55. What comes next?," 9 Sep. 2019 Not all Pinduoduo shoppers are in rural backwaters. — Wired, "China Has an Ecommerce Giant You’ve Never Heard Of," 9 Sep. 2019 The prince, 37, visited a residential center in Devon, rural south west England, run by The Fire Fighters Charity. — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, "The Meaningful Reason Prince William Is Asking People to Start Texting More," 9 Sep. 2019 Harvard eased my culture shock in moving to it from a rural Nebraska high school graduating class of 12. — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, "Richard L. Hall, a career McCormick & Co. chemist and expert in flavorings, extracts and food safety, dies," 8 Sep. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rural.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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