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Recent Examples of georgic
Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2020
Adjective
And so the community would persist, a tableau of georgic calm sealed inside the bottle of a company town.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for georgic
Adjective
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Gabriel Byrne shows up as a nasty villain known as the Chancellor, who has kidnaped the adorable moppet Ella (Ava Joyce McCarthy) and whisked her off to a bucolic Alpine village where a society of ruthless killers are able to raise, and train, their children in peace.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
6 June 2025
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For many, Maine is a summer refuge—beaches with powdery sand and glinting grey-blue water intermingled with bucolic topography; mountains, lake houses.—
Caroline Reilly,
Robb Report,
6 June 2025
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His voice is the ghost in the machine, a strangely humane presence amid all the urban-industrial pastoral.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2025
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This is rock and roll as pastoral.—
Mitch Therieau,
The New Yorker,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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In the meantime, researchers including Perry, Richardson, and Hayes think pesticides are dangerous enough that people should take precautions—but especially young kids, people who are pregnant, those who live close to farms, agricultural workers, and seniors.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
5 June 2025
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Whether municipal or agricultural, these types of adaptive reuse projects are proving that with enough vision—and the patience to go through the planning approvals—no building is too utilitarian to become a striking residence.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, steamships and telegraphs accelerated the process as the Industrial Revolution transformed agrarian economies.—
Robert O. Keohane,
Foreign Affairs,
2 June 2025
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Some see it as a way to modernize and generate jobs in this developing country, while others see it as an end to their way of life as an agrarian economy.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
28 May 2025
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Bulgakov’s novel The White Guard, published in 1925 and set at the same time, is an elegy for Tsarist Kyiv that detests both Ukrainian national aspirations and Bolshevik rule.—
Uilleam Blacker,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2025
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And then on March 29, Swift published an elegy for Partridge.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The 190-acre spread in the Santa Ynez Valley near Santa Barbara includes a hacienda-style main house, guest and staff quarters, horse breeding and training facilities, and about 75 acres of arable farmland.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
3 June 2025
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Some power centers were located within transition zones, while others were not; this may be due to the need for arable land, an additional factor that was key to power centers.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
27 May 2025
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The one-of-a-kind road-going hypercar is an ode to the Count Rossi Porsche 917 and will be on display at Le Mans.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
6 June 2025
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The perfect ode to prickly pear and fields of flowers is in Ilio by Diptyque.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
4 June 2025
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At Paul Revere Junior High, Russell won first place at a Shakespeare Festival for his sonnet recitation.—
Katherine Turman,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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Her poems of that era — sonnets, epigrams, eminently quotable snippets of rhymed gossip — pulse with the dynamism and attitude of the modern city.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Georgic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/georgic. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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