Examples of company town in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Today, eighty years later, the mill and the company town have been wiped almost entirely off of Sparrows Point. — Alec Macgillis, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2021 Today, 80 years later, the mill and the company town have been wiped almost entirely off of Sparrows Point. — Alec Macgillis, ProPublica, 13 Apr. 2021 For 50 years, Rockdale, with a population of about 5,600, was a company town, with hundreds of jobs at Alcoa’s nearby coal mine and aluminum smelter. — Washington Post, 8 July 2021 There are many versions of the company town in our life right now, and most of them are considered highly desirable addresses: Google, college campuses, employers that offer spa treatments and on-site dentistry, etc. — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 13 May 2021 Some companies are holding special events, such as all-company town-halls timed to the holiday. — Patrick Thomas, WSJ, 16 June 2021 And, for many people, that life is lived in fear — of expulsion from the company town. — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 13 May 2021 The company town as such is mostly a thing of the past. — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 13 May 2021 Berns and Sisolak have insisted the project would not be a company town. — Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2021

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