cow town

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Recent Examples of cow town 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 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 And while Livingston is far from a cow town — more like a fancy-fly-rod-and-real-estate town — Campione still stands out. Melissa Clark, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023 In the sporting world, all eyes were on tiny Shelby, Montana, a two-block cow town where on July Fourth heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, the Manassa Mauler, would defend this title against Tommy Gibbons. Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 30 June 2023 In proud but struggling little communities throughout rural Northern California, grand old hotels hark back to when these places were booming Gold Rush towns, timber towns and cow towns. Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023 Peoria morphed from cow town to boom town, tripling in population to about 190,000 today. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023 Daruszka, who speaks on rail topics at libraries and local historical societies, is leading a campaign to make more people aware of how railroads fueled Chicago’s explosive growth from frontier cow town to America’s third largest city. Susan Degrane, chicagotribune.com, 4 Nov. 2021 Not a shining city on a hill, but a little cow town in the mountains. Erin Sood, Dallas News, 1 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cow town
Noun
  • In late 2022, a missile struck Polish territory in the village of Przewodów, near the country’s border with Ukraine, killing two people.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Then, travelers settle on the ship for eight days to visit communities along the Ganges River, such as Matiari, a village known for its brass artisans, and Kalna, home to the astonishing Rajbari temple complex.
    Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Hayes was arrested outside his home in Port Jefferson Station, a hamlet in Brookhaven on Long Island, that evening, according to police.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Nearby hamlets like Findeln and Zmutt are perfect for a rustic lunch in a traditional mountain hut, while the charming town of Brig, just down the valley, makes an easy day trip by train.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Cow town.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cow%20town. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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