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)
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Bullwinkel and her boss, Steve Deike, came on board to attract would-be homebuyers and remake what many say is the last company town in America into a vibrant new community.
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Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
Set in the 1930s in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, the show imagines Charles Dickens’ Ebenezer Scrooge as the owner of a mining company town where his callous greed blinds him to the joys and gifts of the season.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 6 Dec. 2025
Life in these places won’t be like life in the company towns of the 19th century, not exactly.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
The land in question appears to be located near Starbase, the company town and headquarters where SpaceX develops and tests many of its rockets, including its massive Starship.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
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Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
Set in the 1930s in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, the show imagines Charles Dickens’ Ebenezer Scrooge as the owner of a mining company town where his callous greed blinds him to the joys and gifts of the season.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 6 Dec. 2025
Life in these places won’t be like life in the company towns of the 19th century, not exactly.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
The land in question appears to be located near Starbase, the company town and headquarters where SpaceX develops and tests many of its rockets, including its massive Starship.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for company town
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“Company town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/company%20town. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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