Thesaurus results for TOWNS

towns

noun

plural of town

as in cities

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 towns At least 165 people have been killed, and hundreds more are missing after catastrophic floods swept through towns and valleys along the border between Nepal and China's Tibet region. — Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026 Natural Disasters Hundreds of people are dead, and at least 1,400 are missing, after a massive wall of water crashed through towns in Nepal and Tibet, an autonomous region of China. — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026 Clusters of towns and cities around the world have become curious case studies for scientists looking into just how residents there appear to defy natural aging, living healthier for much longer than anywhere else on the planet. — New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026 The cause of the powerful torrents of floodwater that carved a devastating path through Nepal and Tibet — swallowing towns, roads and bridges — is not yet clear, but Nepal is a hotspot for climate disasters as the planet heats up. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026 From there, travelers board VIA Rail for Quebec City, to watch small towns and fall foliage pass by outside the window. — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2026 Discover the Midwest’s most charming small towns this autumn, with slow scenic drives, vivid foliage, leaf-chasing hikes, storybook-perfect downtowns, and seasonal goodies. — Taryn Shorr-McKee, Midwest Living, 26 Aug. 2026 Lake Placid, one of the Adirondacks' most storied towns, is a five-hour drive from NYC and four hours from Boston. — Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 Or take Amtrak’s high-potential Michigan Service, another busy train that connects Chicago with college towns like Kalamazoo and Ann Arbor, along with the thriving Detroit. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The videos include convoys of young women on scooters riding through Tehran and other cities.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Crews from six additional cities are working alongside crews with 26 additional contractors.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of cities

Noun

Copenhagen topped the Economist Intelligence Unit’s ranking of the world’s most livable cities for the second year in a row, though Chinese metropolises made the largest gains.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 8 July 2026
The party often endorses the same candidates as the DSA and is readying to target more mayoral offices in the country’s biggest metropolises this fall and in 2028.

— Matt Brown, Fortune, 20 June 2026