rural
adjective
ru·ral
ˈru̇r(-ə)l 
ˈrər(-ə)l
: of or relating to the country, country people or life, or agriculture
Examples of rural in a Sentence
She lives in a rural area.
grew up in a rural community where more than half the people were farmers
Recent Examples on the Web
Cute roadside farm animals just enhance the rural foliage experience.
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David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
Water had to be brought in via trucks because there are no hydrants in the rural area, officials said.
—oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2023
Courtesy of Sarah Mueller Park is referring to the increasingly severe phenomenon of urban areas getting way, way hotter than surrounding rural ones.
—WIRED, 15 Sep. 2023
These include rural residents and those who are uninsured, transgender people, or injection drug users.
—Michelle Andrews, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2023
In his home state, in the small towns and rural areas that define much of Texas, he was seen as an outsider.
—Luisita Lopez Torregrosa, The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2023
The story revolves around a young waitress working the late shift alone at a rural roadside diner.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Sep. 2023
In rural Colorado, Riley Black visits a fossil reconstruction studio overflowing with bones made not of sediment tens of millions of years old but of modern materials like polyurethane resin.
—Annie Colbert, Popular Science, 13 Sep. 2023
In rural Arizona, groundwater is largely unregulated; whoever has the money can drill a well and lay claim to the water.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2023
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David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
Water had to be brought in via trucks because there are no hydrants in the rural area, officials said.
—oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2023
Courtesy of Sarah Mueller Park is referring to the increasingly severe phenomenon of urban areas getting way, way hotter than surrounding rural ones.
—WIRED, 15 Sep. 2023
These include rural residents and those who are uninsured, transgender people, or injection drug users.
—Michelle Andrews, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2023
In his home state, in the small towns and rural areas that define much of Texas, he was seen as an outsider.
—Luisita Lopez Torregrosa, The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2023
The story revolves around a young waitress working the late shift alone at a rural roadside diner.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Sep. 2023
In rural Colorado, Riley Black visits a fossil reconstruction studio overflowing with bones made not of sediment tens of millions of years old but of modern materials like polyurethane resin.
—Annie Colbert, Popular Science, 13 Sep. 2023
In rural Arizona, groundwater is largely unregulated; whoever has the money can drill a well and lay claim to the water.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2023
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rural
adjective
ru·ral
ˈru̇r-əl
: of or relating to the country, country people or life, or agriculture
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