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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But the small-town-like tranquility that runs deep through this city of neighborhoods has been shattered in recent weeks.
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
Locals pick up their parcels at the downtown post office, where, locals say, serendipitous run-ins with neighbors are an essential part of the small-town charm.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
Barnes and Alexander previously teamed up for the 2022 comic Killadelphia, a horror-thriller read about a small-town beat cop and his quest to stop an undead former President John Adams from staging another American Revolution.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
In their place, Cash has substituted a constellation of witty concepts that fall somewhere between a creative branding exercise and a Christopher Guest-like parody of small-town dysfunction.
—Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
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Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
Locals pick up their parcels at the downtown post office, where, locals say, serendipitous run-ins with neighbors are an essential part of the small-town charm.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
Barnes and Alexander previously teamed up for the 2022 comic Killadelphia, a horror-thriller read about a small-town beat cop and his quest to stop an undead former President John Adams from staging another American Revolution.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
In their place, Cash has substituted a constellation of witty concepts that fall somewhere between a creative branding exercise and a Christopher Guest-like parody of small-town dysfunction.
—Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for small-town
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“Small-town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/small-town. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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