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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Recent Examples of town
In 1966, an extension of Arkansas 213 was completed, better connecting the citizens to other towns and weakening the importance of local businesses.
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Arkansas Online, 30 May 2026
After all, Kazakhstan is back in town and ready to make a splash.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2026
Boutique shops proliferate in other area towns, such as Centennial, Littleton, and Englewood.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 30 May 2026
Göbeklitepe, 14 miles northeast of the old town, is a Neolithic site from the Pre-Pottery period of around 9,600 to 8,200 BCE.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
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Arkansas Online, 30 May 2026
After all, Kazakhstan is back in town and ready to make a splash.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2026
Boutique shops proliferate in other area towns, such as Centennial, Littleton, and Englewood.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 30 May 2026
Göbeklitepe, 14 miles northeast of the old town, is a Neolithic site from the Pre-Pottery period of around 9,600 to 8,200 BCE.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for town
Noun
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Whether stolen, borrowed, or bought, public trash cans from various cities—New York, Berlin, Rome, and Bolzano—are sparsely distributed across the hall.—
Erika Landström,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Now, events take place in big cities, suburbs and small towns around the world.—
Geoff Mulvihill,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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Hyde has McCallany playing Detective Grimes, a haunted investigator descending into the decaying underbelly of a crumbling metropolis while hunting a brutal serial killer.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
1 June 2026
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Transportation will also be a security challenge in the metropolis of nearly 22 million people, according to Teresa Martínez, a professor and researcher at the School of Social Sciences and Government of Tecnológico de Monterrey.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
31 May 2026
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“Town.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/town. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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