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
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.
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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
Some loyal fans feared the 56-year-old chain was drifting too far from its bucolic roots, and the company’s shares (CBRL) nosedived more than 12% days after the announcement.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
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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
Some loyal fans feared the 56-year-old chain was drifting too far from its bucolic roots, and the company’s shares (CBRL) nosedived more than 12% days after the announcement.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bucolic
rural
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The sun was getting ready to rise over a rural lake in Green Lake County, Wisconsin, when a sheriff's deputy shined his flashlight inside Ryan Borgwardt's minivan parked just yards away from the water's edge.—
Jared Kofsky,
ABC News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement Reversing the Roadless Rule would slam the door shut on those local, often rural businesses that rely on recreation visitors only to roll out the red carpet to mining, timber corporations and the fossil fuel industry.—
Ryan Gellert,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Bucolic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bucolic. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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