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adjective

as in rural
of, relating to, associated with, or typical of open areas with few buildings or people plain country living among unpretentious people

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Recent Examples of country
Noun
Advertisement Advertisement The hypertension feature will soon be available on all Apple Watch Series 9 models and Apple Watch Ultra 2 models—plus their newer versions—in more than 150 countries. Alice Park, Time, 12 Sep. 2025 Our hearts are heavy, as his passing leaves a grieving family and a country grappling with division. Todd Spangler, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
With all affected provinces sharing borders with Cameroon and Gabon, WHO has assessed the risk of a multi-country outbreak as high. Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 30 Mar. 2023 Both airports have benefited from American’s push to dominate mid-country airports. Ted Reed, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for country
Recent Examples of Synonyms for country
Noun
  • Last week, Reuters reported that Pulte’s own father and stepmother had declared two homes in two different states as their primary residence, prompting a town in Michigan to remove a tax exemption for their home there and charge the couple for back taxes.
    Chris Prentice, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Ramón Laureano got Machado home and Sheets to third on a groundout, and a walk by Merrill brought O’Hearn to the plate as the potential tying run.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • On highways and surface roads in the rural countryside west of Detroit, the 2025 Ford Explorer was smooth and quiet, with plenty of power for highway acceleration.
    Mark Phelan, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Forty-five minutes later, the racetrack appears almost without warning — coiled like a basking viper in the Tuscan countryside.
    Jonathan Hawkins, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • America is a nation shaped by political violence and steeped in its aftershocks.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Modi was responding to a post by Trump on Truth Social, which said that New Delhi and Washington were continuing negotiations to address the trade barriers between both nations.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • With Play, Sheeran will hope to extend his perfect streak in his homeland and Australia, where all of his studio albums have topped the national charts, including his most recent effort, 2023’s Autumn Variations.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Continue reading … STRIKING BACK – Hegseth makes homeland security top mission in first interview as secretary of war.
    , FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Estonia -- which shares a 183-mile frontier with Russia -- is now the only Baltic state not to have imposed new airspace restrictions along its eastern border.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Prior to the new funding plan, the project had secured about $27 billion, the bulk of it provided by state sources.
    Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Country.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/country. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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