rural

Example Sentences

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Postal Service, which last year reduced the number of trips to pick up mail at post offices in mostly rural areas.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

“In rural counties with lower populations, losing even one provider can exponentially impact the access to services to families,” Turnipseed said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Even so, drawing in local figures has helped to break the "spiral of silence" some Fidesz-dominated rural communities, where opposition supporters previously felt isolated or reluctant to express their views, Zsiga added.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

In Friday’s statement, party authorities described Ma as a Politburo member and deputy head of a party body overseeing rural policy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

A few years before, Ann had taken to slipping out of the house with a wild group that included French—wild by the standards of rural North Carolina in the 1950s, anyway.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson