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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Sergio Flores | Afp | Getty Images Over the weekend, Elon Musk got his new company town along the Texas Gulf Coast.
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Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 5 May 2025
Still, there were no guarantees of how much green steel tech Gary would get; a company town inevitably depends on the whims and fortunes of its company.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Some scammers even model their organizations on 19th century company towns, paying wages only after employees complete a season of work.
—Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025
What’s a good word for an old company town that has been gutted and bled dry and whose residents inhale ether through dirty rags and where every day appears to be 50 degrees and overcast and windy?
—Brian Grubb, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
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Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 5 May 2025
Still, there were no guarantees of how much green steel tech Gary would get; a company town inevitably depends on the whims and fortunes of its company.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Some scammers even model their organizations on 19th century company towns, paying wages only after employees complete a season of work.
—Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025
What’s a good word for an old company town that has been gutted and bled dry and whose residents inhale ether through dirty rags and where every day appears to be 50 degrees and overcast and windy?
—Brian Grubb, Vulture, 7 Mar. 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 22 May. 2025.
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