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georgic

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noun

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Recent Examples of georgic
Adjective
And so the community would persist, a tableau of georgic calm sealed inside the bottle of a company town. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for georgic
Adjective
  • This is the ultimate bucolic New England getaway for families, couples, and groups of friends.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Beaverbrook, a bucolic five-star country house hotel composed of a main manor house and storybook-style individual cottages.
    Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Debate has persisted regarding churches with women serving in assistant pastoral or preaching roles.
    Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
  • Debate has persisted on where to draw the line regarding churches with women serving in assistant pastoral or preaching roles.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 June 2026
Adjective
  • According to the court filing and statements from their families, both victims were working-class nationals of Trinidad and Tobago who frequently traveled to neighboring Venezuela for fishing and agricultural labor.
    Laura Romero, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The exterior took its cues from agricultural structures Kirkpatrick had seen on his travels.
    Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • In some ways, Birthright is an elegy to the Jewish experience in America—a place where Israel has been centered as our refuge and rightful homeland for the last 76-odd years.
    Hannah Seligson, Vanity Fair, 12 Aug. 2026
  • But that selflessness comes to feel like the point of this lingering, resonantly sad film — above all else, an elegy for lives unseen and unknown.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 July 2026
Adjective
  • There is something wonderfully honest and pure about a farm and the agrarian life that is the heritage of many Americans.
    Jeffrey Dungan, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The winery estate located at 4710 Flying Paster Lane was owned by Trebek for nine years and is known for its sustainable local agriculture and celebration of equestrian, ranch and agrarian lifestyles.
    Libbey Hanson, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Named after the famed New York nightclub, Danceteria is an ode to the experiences Marc and his late musical partner Dave Ball had in the city in the ’80s.
    Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Then he was brought in to help design the Hilton Plaza’s nightclub and theater, initially named The Great Room, an ode to Gleason’s nickname.
    Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Her parents had drained swamps in order to create arable land and served in the Haganah pre-state military organization.
    Natasha Mozgovaya, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Given China’s shrinking labor force and the effects of overproduction and climate change on its arable land, Beijing is likely to remain reliant on foreign food products in the coming years.
    Caitlin Welsh, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • People can and should be skeptical about the sonnets written about starting NFL quarterbacks every offseason, when no one is getting sacked and almost everyone looks good.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
  • The conventions ground the writing as meter and rhyme steady a sonnet.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026

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“Georgic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/georgic. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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