Desert
Rural
Rural adjective - Of, relating to, associated with, or typical of open areas with few buildings or people.
Nearby Word: rurally
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Both words in one sentence
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A suburban neighborhood within view of Dallas has a desert environment — but the Dallas sprawl spreads out so far that the city is too distant to see from any rural area, and North Texas, especially near Dallas, is nearly all grassland, not desert.
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In Hollywood, Australia is a primitive barren wasteland consisting entirely of Outback desert, aborigines, dingoes, crocodiles, kangaroos and some other marsupials, and occasionally a couple of rural people who run around wielding bowie knives and boomerangs.
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When Jetfire leaves the hangar/museum, Jetfire and the others find themselves walking around in a rural desert-like area.
Source: Artistic License Geography
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