as in townsfolk
the people who live in a town or city
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Recent Examples of townspeople
In 1945, the Sétif and Guelma massacres—in which French police fired on parading townspeople, some protesting colonial rule—initiated a traumatizing, decades-long conflict from which neither country has fully recovered.
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Quint, charmingly weathered, comes off more favorably than the other townspeople, but his folk wisdom is far less exalted than Hooper’s scientific knowledge.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 26 June 2025
Herbert talks to a number of people in Natchez, from homeowners who’ve inherited these stately mansions and continue the tradition to townspeople trying to create monuments to the city’s enslaved population.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2025
In the little community of Bodega Bay, Calif., birds begin an assault that escalates into winged warfare on the townspeople.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 13 June 2025
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Quint, charmingly weathered, comes off more favorably than the other townspeople, but his folk wisdom is far less exalted than Hooper’s scientific knowledge.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 26 June 2025
Herbert talks to a number of people in Natchez, from homeowners who’ve inherited these stately mansions and continue the tradition to townspeople trying to create monuments to the city’s enslaved population.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2025
In the little community of Bodega Bay, Calif., birds begin an assault that escalates into winged warfare on the townspeople.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for townspeople
townsfolk
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Trouble is, the sheriff responsible for the miscarriage of justice is gone and his replacement — Gabriel Dove (Pierce Brosnan) — seems like a decent fella who’s trying to keep townsfolk from killing each other.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
12 June 2025
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At its end, the episode cuts between shots of Ellie’s despair and the town’s destruction, her pain echoed by the townsfolk reeling from the invasion.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Townspeople.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/townspeople. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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