the town

noun

: the government of a town
The town plans to increase property taxes.

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The copper-mining industry has so polluted the town that its air stinks and its mountains are covered in black ash. Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026 Police spokesperson Frederic Papaux of Fribourg canton, or region, said the inferno broke out Tuesday evening on a bus in the town of Kerzers, about 15 miles west of Bern, the Swiss capital. CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026 Even the town’s marshal and fire crews have comic-book-style dinosaur drawings on their patches. The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026 Awaiting us is Garðar's official tour guide, Arnajaraq Bibi Bjerge, the town's schoolteacher and a mother of three, who leads us through Garðar's tall grasses and dandelions to the stone remains of the first cathedral on the North America continent (circa 1126). Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the town

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