as in city
a thickly settled, highly populated area
after driving for miles with nothing but corn and wheat fields to look at, we were relieved to roll into a small town and have a bite to eat at the local diner
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Originally railway towns that were later folded into the city of Chicago, there’s less public transit options here, though Metra’s Union Pacific Northwest Line still runs through both the Edison Park and Norwood Park neighborhoods.
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Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2025
Several town councilors noted that Konover’s wooded property along East River Drive generates less than $50,000 a year in taxes now while providing no benefit to local businesses or economic development.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 18 Apr. 2025
The two were arrested in October 2024 in Moore, Oklahoma, a town about 10 miles southeast of Oklahoma City.
—Krystal Nurse, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Pour a damn fine cup of coffee and see what the cast has been up to since the '90s cult classic first left town.
—EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2025
Several town councilors noted that Konover’s wooded property along East River Drive generates less than $50,000 a year in taxes now while providing no benefit to local businesses or economic development.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 18 Apr. 2025
The two were arrested in October 2024 in Moore, Oklahoma, a town about 10 miles southeast of Oklahoma City.
—Krystal Nurse, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Pour a damn fine cup of coffee and see what the cast has been up to since the '90s cult classic first left town.
—EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for town
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Police in both Little Rock and North Little Rock will have wider access to flying drones after both cities were awarded state grants this year, although the departments' plans... Subscribe to continue reading, or log in.—
Grant Lancaster,
Arkansas Online,
27 Apr. 2025
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Keep your Hall of Fame career in a strange city and give me the Crawford experience, please.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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In those nine minutes of footage, the camera meanders through an optimistic, dynamic metropolis where new technologies breed new visions and big plans.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
18 Apr. 2025
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The city, a boomtown in the last decade thanks to the explosion of wealth generated by its homegrown tech industry, has struggled more than almost any other US metropolis to rebound after the Covid-19 pandemic.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Town.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/town. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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