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bucolic

[byoo-kol-ik] / byuˈkɒl ɪk /
ADJECTIVE
rural or rustic
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Captive in bucolic panopticons, their lives are at once aesthetically alluring, depressingly regressive and anthropologically fascinating.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Mr. Weir’s lead vocals had the bucolic appeal of freshly cut hay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Her listing appeared to show a pristine, albeit A.I.-generated, house with smooth textures, clean walls and windows, a nice green lawn, and a bench out front under bucolic lighting.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025

He finally had enough bedrooms for his young family to thrive in a bucolic corner of the city with deep Black roots.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2025

The sun had just gone down, and its afterglow was backlighting the city, which formed low cliffs around the bucolic void to the idle stockyards.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut