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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And if everybody lives in these space stations, isn’t that going be not just a company town but a company civilization?
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Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2025
The explosion occurred around 11 p.m. local time Wednesday, June 18, while SpaceX was preparing for Starship's upcoming flight test, known as Flight 10, from Starbase – the company town in South Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 21 June 2025
The company towns of the Gilded Age were generally not officially incorporated so as to avoid the democratic mechanisms that could impede corporate power.
—Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
Collectively, these largely segregated worker villages made up Seabrook, New Jersey, the company town.
—John Seabrook
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
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Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2025
The explosion occurred around 11 p.m. local time Wednesday, June 18, while SpaceX was preparing for Starship's upcoming flight test, known as Flight 10, from Starbase – the company town in South Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 21 June 2025
The company towns of the Gilded Age were generally not officially incorporated so as to avoid the democratic mechanisms that could impede corporate power.
—Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2025
Collectively, these largely segregated worker villages made up Seabrook, New Jersey, the company town.
—John Seabrook
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 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 18 Jul. 2025.
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