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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While filmed in parts of Tennessee and Georgia, cameras did not make it to the movie's rural backdrop of Pegram, a town 20 miles west of Nashville that recorded a population of 2,072 residents in 2020, according to data from the United States Census Bureau.
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Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
The change would see much of the rural inland areas in LaMalfa’s north state district joined with the state’s entire North Coast.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Picture show In the 1960s, two couples told a story about being chased by a large flying creature on a rural road, and since then, the legend of the Mothman has grown.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
The parameters in the bill also stopped funding from reaching Maine Family Planning, a much smaller provider that also delivers other medical services in the mostly rural state.
—CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
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Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
The change would see much of the rural inland areas in LaMalfa’s north state district joined with the state’s entire North Coast.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Picture show In the 1960s, two couples told a story about being chased by a large flying creature on a rural road, and since then, the legend of the Mothman has grown.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
The parameters in the bill also stopped funding from reaching Maine Family Planning, a much smaller provider that also delivers other medical services in the mostly rural state.
—CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Rural.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rural. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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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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