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
Victorian architecture here dates back to the 1800s, when Cambria was a busy mining town.
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Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
In 1979, when Chile was under the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, 19-year-old Soto gave birth to the twin girls in the coastal town of Hualpén in Biobío province.
—Rafael Romo, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Old Fort is a town of 800 that was leaning heavily into outdoor recreation as an economic anchor before Hurricane Helene hit.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 16 Sep. 2025
Before long, Hagerty’s job at the Capital Journal had expanded — she was tasked with writing city briefs for the back page of the paper, and each day took her notebook around town putting together small local news items.
—Hannah Shirley, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
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Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
In 1979, when Chile was under the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, 19-year-old Soto gave birth to the twin girls in the coastal town of Hualpén in Biobío province.
—Rafael Romo, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Old Fort is a town of 800 that was leaning heavily into outdoor recreation as an economic anchor before Hurricane Helene hit.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 16 Sep. 2025
Before long, Hagerty’s job at the Capital Journal had expanded — she was tasked with writing city briefs for the back page of the paper, and each day took her notebook around town putting together small local news items.
—Hannah Shirley, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for town
Noun
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New residential property prices fell year-on-year during August in 65 out of 70 cities surveyed by the NBS, data also showed.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
15 Sep. 2025
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In cities such as Los Angeles, Miami, and New York, multilingualism is not an exception but more of a way of life.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In 20 years, the idea of these dark celestial bodies had spread from Thornhill Rectory to the Royal Society’s assembly rooms in London, then to the global metropolis of Paris, and finally to Berlin.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Sep. 2025
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So, any Gotham within a contemporary film in the Batman series that's going to be authentic has to be reflective of a modern American metropolis.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Town.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/town. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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