company town
noun
: a community that is dependent on one firm for all or most of the necessary services or functions of town life (such as employment, housing, and stores)
Examples of company town in a Sentence
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Those with the means and connections are fleeing to company towns.
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Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
However, Russian forces remain in control of the plant, which is right on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River, and all the territory around it, including the company town of Enerhodar.
—Richard Engel, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2024
City history:How Litchfield Park turned from a company town into a tourist destination
Reach the reporter at ahardle@gannett.com or by phone at 480-259-8545.
—Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 9 Feb. 2024
Many company towns compelled conformity through violence, but Pacific Lumber came to depend, to an unusual degree, on perks.
—Michael Waters, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2024
Don't Worry Darling stars Styles, 28, and Pugh as Jack and Alice, a young couple living in the seemingly perfect company town of Victory, Calif., in the 1950s.
—Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2022
The American West is littered with company towns that became ghost towns.
—Michael Waters, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2024
Don't Worry Darling stars Styles and Pugh as Jack and Alice, a young couple living in the seemingly perfect company town of Victory, California, in the 1950s.
—Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2022
Staging it in the company town where the company runs America allows Fillinger’s scathing zingers to land with more zing.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
However, Russian forces remain in control of the plant, which is right on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River, and all the territory around it, including the company town of Enerhodar.
—Richard Engel, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2024
City history:How Litchfield Park turned from a company town into a tourist destination
Reach the reporter at ahardle@gannett.com or by phone at 480-259-8545.
—Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 9 Feb. 2024
Many company towns compelled conformity through violence, but Pacific Lumber came to depend, to an unusual degree, on perks.
—Michael Waters, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2024
Don't Worry Darling stars Styles, 28, and Pugh as Jack and Alice, a young couple living in the seemingly perfect company town of Victory, Calif., in the 1950s.
—Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2022
The American West is littered with company towns that became ghost towns.
—Michael Waters, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2024
Don't Worry Darling stars Styles and Pugh as Jack and Alice, a young couple living in the seemingly perfect company town of Victory, California, in the 1950s.
—Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2022
Staging it in the company town where the company runs America allows Fillinger’s scathing zingers to land with more zing.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
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“Company town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/company%20town. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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