as in rural
of, relating to, associated with, or typical of open areas with few buildings or people
a bucolic region where farms are still common
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Recent Examples of bucolic
Just two hours northwest of London, the Cotswolds provide a bucolic counterpart to the urban buzz.
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Lindsay Cohn,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
Patrick Horvath has turned his cuddly serial killer comic Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees into a veritable hit franchise for indie publisher IDW, and now the creator has invited some fresh blood into the bucolic town of Woodbrook.
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Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2026
Deal or no deal, the war will loom large during next week’s talks at the Group of Seven summit in bucolic Évian-les-Bains, France.
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Aamer Madhani,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
Deal or no deal, the war will loom large during next week's talks at the Group of Seven summit in bucolic Évian-les-Bains, France.
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ABC News,
12 June 2026
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Lindsay Cohn,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
Patrick Horvath has turned his cuddly serial killer comic Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees into a veritable hit franchise for indie publisher IDW, and now the creator has invited some fresh blood into the bucolic town of Woodbrook.
—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2026
Deal or no deal, the war will loom large during next week’s talks at the Group of Seven summit in bucolic Évian-les-Bains, France.
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Aamer Madhani,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
Deal or no deal, the war will loom large during next week's talks at the Group of Seven summit in bucolic Évian-les-Bains, France.
—
ABC News,
12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bucolic
rural
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Their bodies were found weeks later, buried in an earthen dam in a rural area of Neshoba County.
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For the elderly voters with mobility issues who now are required to register in-person, the working-class parent who has to shell out $165 for a passport or the rural voter who must drive multiple towns over to provide proof of citizenship — this bill impacts them.
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“Bucolic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bucolic. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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