small-town
adjective
: of or relating to a small town
small-town values/life/charm
: coming from or living in a small town
a small-town girl
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Instead, the producers kept returning to another idea, about a small-town bureaucrat working hard to make the world a better place.
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Jennifer Armstrong, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2026
The genre-scrambling movie, in theaters Friday, blends small-town mystery, dark humor and escalating, almost cartoonish violence.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Richard Donat portrayed Teagues, who worked as a sketch artist and editor at the small-town Haven Herald newspaper alongside his reporter brother, Dave (John Dunsworth), on all five seasons (2010-15) of Haven.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
Her parents, Punjabi Sikhs, moved the family from India to London and then to the United States when Dhillon was a young girl, settling in small-town North Carolina.
—Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
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Jennifer Armstrong, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2026
The genre-scrambling movie, in theaters Friday, blends small-town mystery, dark humor and escalating, almost cartoonish violence.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Richard Donat portrayed Teagues, who worked as a sketch artist and editor at the small-town Haven Herald newspaper alongside his reporter brother, Dave (John Dunsworth), on all five seasons (2010-15) of Haven.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
Her parents, Punjabi Sikhs, moved the family from India to London and then to the United States when Dhillon was a young girl, settling in small-town North Carolina.
—Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 13 Apr. 2026
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“Small-town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/small-town. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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