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rural

[roor-uhl] / ˈrʊər əl /


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Now, signs are emerging that lower-income and rural shoppers are buying less food — in part because long drives are getting too expensive.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

In the last three presidential elections, Trump triumphed in 90 percent of all rural counties in America, according to the Economic Innovation Group, a think tank.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Last fall, Amazon opened an $11 billion campus in rural Indiana dedicated to running AI models for Anthropic.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

A handful of rural counties had no in-person voting locations that March.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Jefferson’s mind consistently saw the world in terms of clashing dichotomies: Whigs versus Tories; moderns versus ancients; America versus Europe; rural conditions versus urban; whites versus blacks.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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