Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Podunk
Noun
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Pope Leo was born in Chicago but grew up in this tiny hamlet in the 1960s.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
19 May 2025 -
But in mountain towns, seaside hamlets and centuries-old villages, the penthouse sits closer to earth yet no less aloft in spirit.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
Noun
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India evacuates thousands of people from villages near the highly militarized frontier in the Kashmir region.—
Riazat Butt,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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Where to watch: Peacock 'The Damned' In the freaky psychological horror tale, a 19th-century widow (Odessa Young) heads up a remote fishing village in the Arctic.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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What was once just a sleepy little ‘cow town’ in Central California, has now become one of the trendiest wine regions to visit, along with national wine sales that are outperforming the rest of the market.—
Liz Thach,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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If Great Bend failed to achieve the notoriety of Dodge City or other cow towns, Moses’s fellow citizens gave him much of the credit.—
Katy Roberts,
Washington Post,
29 July 2024
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“Podunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Podunk. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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