rural district
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“I invited that young fellow to meet our neighbors in case Tansy was taking to him. It didn’t surprise me he was a crack shot. And he mentioned to me himself that he’d come from a rural district over by Gas City, so I supposed he knew his way around a hog.”
From Literature
Amanda’s school is a predominantly white school in a rural district with high levels of poverty, and some of the students have no positive adult figures in their lives.
From Slate
Beyond healthcare, nearly 48,000 families in his largely rural district rely on food benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, according to the latest data provided by the Department of Agriculture.
From Los Angeles Times
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez was just reelected to Congress from a rural district in Washington state.
From Los Angeles Times
The rural district stretches from Coalinga to Modesto, encompassing Merced County and parts of Fresno, Madera, San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties.
From Los Angeles Times
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