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rural district

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noun

  1. (in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974 and Northern Ireland from 1898 to 1973) a rural division of a county

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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.

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California state Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil switched from Democrat to Republican as her rural district northeast of the Central Valley has moved toward the GOP.

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