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rural district

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The rural district had 163 full-time teachers in the 2024-25 school year, according to the latest available data from the National Center for Education Statistics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

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 • Dec. 5, 2025

He won that seat in 2006 - the only Democrat to have done so in the mostly rural district over the past three decades.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2024

Monday’s event played up the small town hospitality of McGuire’s rural district, with signs that welcomed attendees to “come on in and stay a while.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2024

Typical school in rural district in Western Canada, which will soon be replaced by consolidated school, picture of which appears elsewhere.

From Canada West by Canada. Dept. of the interior

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