Thesaurus results for TOWN

town

noun

ˈtau̇n

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 Widow’s Bay concerns a fictional island town in New England whose mayor, Tom (Matthew Rhys), is sweating to get the same tourism dollars those fancier, think-they’re-so-great places like Martha’s Vineyard get. —

Joe Reid, Vulture, 13 June 2026 Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty would prop up the bar when in town around the same era. —

Nick Scott, Robb Report, 13 June 2026 The northwest Indiana town was one of several communities outside Chicago hit by tornadoes Thursday night, which came at the tail end of a two-day bout of severe weather that swept through the Midwest. —

Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026 First responders also worked through the night in Hebron, a small town about 50 miles southeast of Chicago, officials said in a Facebook post. —

Dave Collins, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for town

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Tickets for any match in any city will cost you a pretty penny at this point in the tournament, but seats for the final will set you back a staggering amount—likely about five figures for Category 1 tickets, according to the New York Times, and that doesn’t even account for travel or lodging.

— Hannah Chubb, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 June 2026
One of the project’s most significant adversaries is the city of Sacramento — while the area is not under their governance, city officials argue the development would violate a decades-old habitat conservation agreement with the county.

— Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026