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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This increases capacity, leading to faster turnaround times and the ability to handle urgent projects — all of which are key offerings that allow this Midwest, small-town company to compete with larger organizations with big-city operations.
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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
The August 2023 raid on a small-town Kansas newspaper and its owner’s home drew national headlines and was roundly criticized as an attack on press freedom.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 12 Nov. 2025
The movie, which reteams Roessler with Best Sellers scribe Anthony Grieco follows, Sam Davies (Wittrock), a Hollywood trust-fund kid cut off from his fortune and dropped into small-town Kentucky.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2025
Within a few years of leaving Texas, Rauschenberg had upended everything the place had meant to him, smashing through the parochialism of small-town Southern life, where necks were broken in Jesus’ name, and families indentured or murdered.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
The August 2023 raid on a small-town Kansas newspaper and its owner’s home drew national headlines and was roundly criticized as an attack on press freedom.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 12 Nov. 2025
The movie, which reteams Roessler with Best Sellers scribe Anthony Grieco follows, Sam Davies (Wittrock), a Hollywood trust-fund kid cut off from his fortune and dropped into small-town Kentucky.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2025
Within a few years of leaving Texas, Rauschenberg had upended everything the place had meant to him, smashing through the parochialism of small-town Southern life, where necks were broken in Jesus’ name, and families indentured or murdered.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
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“Small-town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/small-town. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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