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Recent Examples of nonurban
Fish caught near urban areas contained nearly three times more PFOS and overall PFAS than those caught in nonurban locations, the study found.
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
But so did 55 percent of the nonurban coyote feces.
—Bethany Brookshire, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2022
Which means that Bethlehem Apostolic — a diverse Black church in a mostly White, nonurban area — may well be nationally unique.
—Nora Edinger, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
Perhaps the good doctor should move to a nonurban area and try a Medicare HMO plan.
—WSJ, 31 Aug. 2021
Gary Herbert, launched a 2017 initiative to create 25,000 jobs in rural counties and also supported an effort to encourage remote working in nonurban areas.
—Bethany Rodgers, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Aug. 2021
Bachelor’s degree holders in nonurban areas have mean earnings of $67,893, which puts their wages at a 46.4% premium compared to high school diploma holders and a 29.6% premium compared to associate degree holders.
—cleveland, 14 Aug. 2021
Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
But so did 55 percent of the nonurban coyote feces.
—Bethany Brookshire, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2022
Which means that Bethlehem Apostolic — a diverse Black church in a mostly White, nonurban area — may well be nationally unique.
—Nora Edinger, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021
Perhaps the good doctor should move to a nonurban area and try a Medicare HMO plan.
—WSJ, 31 Aug. 2021
Gary Herbert, launched a 2017 initiative to create 25,000 jobs in rural counties and also supported an effort to encourage remote working in nonurban areas.
—Bethany Rodgers, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Aug. 2021
Bachelor’s degree holders in nonurban areas have mean earnings of $67,893, which puts their wages at a 46.4% premium compared to high school diploma holders and a 29.6% premium compared to associate degree holders.
—cleveland, 14 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonurban
Adjective
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The seventh-grader, whose name has been withheld to protect her privacy, is always running around playing this sport or that, including swimming and basketball, and loves to take care of the three goats and a horse that live on their property in their semirural town.—
Ariana Eunjung Cha,
Anchorage Daily News,
26 Mar. 2023
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Her fiance travels weekly for work, leaving her alone in their house in Shadow Hills, a quaint semirural neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley.—
oregonlive,
oregonlive,
4 Mar. 2023
Adjective
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In the late 19th century, in the wake of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Japanese immigrants began arriving in California in search of opportunity, enticed by the promise of employment with mining companies, agricultural producers, and railroads.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Apulia has a mild climate, which creates the perfect environment to grow a great diversity of agricultural crops, and this project contributes to the reintroduction in the region of a long tradition of cotton farming, which dates back to the Middle Ages.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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For the most part, these blueprints have been geared at spurring growth and unity as the nation transformed from a rural, agrarian economy to an urbanized, developed powerhouse.—
Shaoyu Yuan,
The Conversation,
5 Nov. 2025
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The design-forward abode, which makes use of familiar agrarian shapes, is currently configured as a four-bedroom, six-bath home.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Nonurban.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonurban. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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