townees

plural of townee, chiefly British

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Noun
  • The nonprofit also pledged to assist villagers without power or running water, especially those whose food has spoiled at the start of the winter season.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The hikers had been trapped at nearly 16,000 feet, according to a report in Jimu News, which added that local villagers and rescue teams had been deployed to clear the roads blocked by snow.
    Larissa Gao, NBC news, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The Beaver Moon takes its name from early Native American tribes as well as American colonists, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac, when beavers begin sheltering in their lodges after gathering enough food to last the winter.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
  • As late as 1776, only a third of colonists supported the Revolution wholeheartedly; a roughly equal amount remained loyal to the crown, and the remainder had yet to make up their minds.
    Time, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • On September 30, a federal judge ruled that denying bond hearings for migrants is unlawful.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • From migrants and colonizers to gossip and war, Emily Wilson examines The Aeneid and its relevance to the modern world.
    tumblr.com, tumblr.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Lost Dutchman Mine has captured the imagination of treasure hunters, historians and locals alike, and people continue to search for it to this day.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • And at Joe’s Pizza, the counter-service classic continues to represent what many locals consider a textbook New York slice—thin, quick and best eaten folded.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As early as the 1620s, the Dutch and English settlers who established farming and fishing communities came into conflict with the remnants of Algonquian-speaking peoples.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The legend began after a series of bizarre and terrifying encounters in which settlers reported seeing the ghostly figure charging through the desert, sometimes trampling livestock or vanishing into the night.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Things shifted in Sheffield’s third term, when a number of newcomers joined the council and voted her president, and an infusion of federal pandemic relief funds made a broad range of initiatives possible.
    Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • To ease in newcomers to Indian cuisine, the duo plans to serve familiar Indian dishes like chicken tikka masala with rice.
    Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Previously, foreign nationals caught illegally trading in gold were simply deported.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Overall, spending by Chinese nationals is down in the single digits, but showing clear signs of improvement, despite no change in the macroeconomic environment.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Townees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/townees. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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