rural
adjective
ru·ral
ˈru̇r(-ə)l 
ˈrər(-ə)l
: of or relating to the country, country people or life, or agriculture
Examples of rural in a Sentence
She lives in a rural area.
grew up in a rural community where more than half the people were farmers
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Daniel Andreas San Diego was apprehended Monday in a rural area of northern Wales, according to the National Crime Agency.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
The only other California county to flip blue in 2020 after voting for Trump four years earlier was mostly rural Butte County, which saw massive displacement after the deadly Camp fire destroyed the town of Paradise in 2018.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
Leading a live band, on a stage flanked with tree decorations and an illustrated backdrop resembling his farm in rural Pennsylvania, Malik’s setlist was dominated by tracks from recent album Room Under The Stairs, which landed at No.3 in the Official U.K. Albums Chart in May.
—Sophie Williams, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2024
He was arrested by officers from the agency's Joint International Crime Center at a property in a rural area next to a woodland, an agency spokesperson said in a statement to CBS News.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2024
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
The only other California county to flip blue in 2020 after voting for Trump four years earlier was mostly rural Butte County, which saw massive displacement after the deadly Camp fire destroyed the town of Paradise in 2018.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
Leading a live band, on a stage flanked with tree decorations and an illustrated backdrop resembling his farm in rural Pennsylvania, Malik’s setlist was dominated by tracks from recent album Room Under The Stairs, which landed at No.3 in the Official U.K. Albums Chart in May.
—Sophie Williams, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2024
He was arrested by officers from the agency's Joint International Crime Center at a property in a rural area next to a woodland, an agency spokesperson said in a statement to CBS News.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Rural.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rural. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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rural
adjective
ru·ral
ˈru̇r-əl
: of or relating to the country, country people or life, or agriculture
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