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
Critics want clearer answers before towns approve major projects.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026
And, yes, Chicago is my kind of town.
—Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026
In France, in my little town, theaters had maybe 50 seats.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 June 2026
Roughly 20 new public power utilities have formed in the last quarter century, mostly in smaller towns, according to Ursula Schryver of the American Public Power Association.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2026
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026
And, yes, Chicago is my kind of town.
—Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026
In France, in my little town, theaters had maybe 50 seats.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 June 2026
Roughly 20 new public power utilities have formed in the last quarter century, mostly in smaller towns, according to Ursula Schryver of the American Public Power Association.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for town
Noun
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Robert Harrington will be the next mayor of the nation’s 14th largest city.—
Mary Ramsey
Updated June 22,
Charlotte Observer,
23 June 2026
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In 2026, Goldman appears to be trailing in polls to Lander, a former city comptroller and councilman from Brooklyn.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
Noun
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The narrative conjures meaning from the Los Angeles cityscape by fusing a hodgepodge of textbook theories about the sprawling metropolis onto the gritty reality of daily life.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2026
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The novels are a time-lapse panorama of a metropolis perpetually reshaped by its inhabitants.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
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“Town.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/town. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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