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Recent Examples of townee
As they're greeted by a sleeker and sexier group of performing townees, Melissa and Josh are confused, to say the least.
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Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2023
Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for townee
Noun
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Like the yeoman boys are out in the barn, half-naked, working out, buffing up and wearing animal heads and preparing for some kind of an inchoate battle with the burghers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Nov. 2025
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These works, painted by artists such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Ferdinand Bol, and Bartholomeus van der Helst, depict the powerful merchant-burghers who shaped the political and social fabric of Golden Age Amsterdam.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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These were probably composed by Sebastian Lotzer, a townsman and furrier, on the basis of hundreds of complaints that different groups of peasants had been formulating for weeks beforehand.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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One cut scene, Good recalls, featured a townsman sacrificing himself with a homemade net bomb.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The joke is on the cowardly villagers, and on Hoja himself, all of whom now have to live in a village terrorized by two war elephants instead of one.—
Perin Gürel,
The Conversation,
22 Apr. 2026
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Benue has been a hot spot for armed violence in Nigeria's northern region where armed gangs often target remote villagers and travelers with violent killings and kidnapping for ransom.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And Gersten, a 34-year-old county analyst and political newcomer, is making the case that fresh eyes and practical thinking are what Chula Vista needs.—
Walker Armstrong,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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That’s not to say the Dolphins didn’t potentially reach — a few names certainly come to mind — yet how well these players perform will be the ultimate determinate of whether general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan, coach Jeff Hafley and the rest of the franchise’s newcomers can evaluate talent.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In the centuries since colonists waged war against the crown, American’s attitudes toward the royals have shifted from hatred to adoration.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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The Courant has reported, most colonists were not exactly mesmerized by the notion of severing ties with the mother country.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Their shores have received merchants, soldiers and migrants moving between East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Indian subcontinent.—
Adam Pourahmadi,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
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While none of those migrants are being held at Bata, the visit put the spotlight on Equatorial Guinea’s overall human rights record and its judiciary, which rights campaigners have criticized for its lack of independence, arbitrary detentions and other abuses.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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To locals, Soviet leaders seemed to be downplaying the severity of the explosion.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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Much of the inn’s appeal lies in its access to Santa Barbara locals, cool places, and exciting experiences.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Our list of hard studying localites include, from Beachwood, Celia Edelstein and Dorian Miller.—
Jeff Piorkowski/special to cleveland.com,
cleveland.com,
26 Jan. 2018
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“Townee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/townee. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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