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Some of these are payoff for setups that were established before townsfolk started pinging around Main Street like pinballs.
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Katie Rife, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
Built in 1879 by enterprising townsfolk, the Zermatterhof has been welcoming royalty, celebrities, and intrepid mountaineers for nearly a century and a half.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
One can trace the journey of a pilgrim, hear the voices of medieval townsfolk, or explore the craftsmanship behind a 12th-century sword.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
But in this disarmingly sweet, laugh-out-loud comedy about corn farming in the American South, the innocent townsfolk of Cob County use what sounds like the case file name only when debating the best way to cross the river.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
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Katie Rife, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
Built in 1879 by enterprising townsfolk, the Zermatterhof has been welcoming royalty, celebrities, and intrepid mountaineers for nearly a century and a half.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
One can trace the journey of a pilgrim, hear the voices of medieval townsfolk, or explore the craftsmanship behind a 12th-century sword.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
But in this disarmingly sweet, laugh-out-loud comedy about corn farming in the American South, the innocent townsfolk of Cob County use what sounds like the case file name only when debating the best way to cross the river.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for townsfolk
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When Singh’s successor decided to make the fort taller, its shadow fell on the hermit’s home, consequently bringing destruction to the complex and surrounding towns.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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The boat was intercepted off the northern coast of Venezuela, near a small fishing town called San Juan de Unare, which, in the past two decades, has become a transit point for the smuggling of cocaine and marijuana.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Townsfolk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/townsfolk. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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