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
In the bucolic coastal setting, surrounded by the rarest of rare cars, the competition from the other side of the world appeared far off.
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Tamara Warren, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
The data center would replace more than a dozen bucolic parcels off I-74 and bordered by South Post Road, East Troy Avenue, Davis Road and Vandergriff Road.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 30 Aug. 2025
Robbie dreams of living in places with white sand beaches, or perhaps a bucolic island in Canada, and the music takes him there.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Photos of the sprawling home included in the listing on Sotheby's website show a bright, elegant mansion immersed in the alpine landscape of the Rocky Mountains, with tall windows and wooden ceilings giving the property a bucolic yet elegant look.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
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Tamara Warren, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
The data center would replace more than a dozen bucolic parcels off I-74 and bordered by South Post Road, East Troy Avenue, Davis Road and Vandergriff Road.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 30 Aug. 2025
Robbie dreams of living in places with white sand beaches, or perhaps a bucolic island in Canada, and the music takes him there.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Photos of the sprawling home included in the listing on Sotheby's website show a bright, elegant mansion immersed in the alpine landscape of the Rocky Mountains, with tall windows and wooden ceilings giving the property a bucolic yet elegant look.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bucolic
rural
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As lieutenant governor, Duncan backed policies expanding healthcare in rural communities and helped pass the state’s first hate crimes law.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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Kinetic by Windstream, for example, offers fiber plans up to 2 Gbps in some rural parts of Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, and North Carolina, while Brightspeed is expanding fiber coverage across 20 states, with a focus on less densely populated regions.—
Roxanne Downer,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Bucolic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bucolic. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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