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as in native
a usually longtime resident of a locality
the townies are dismayed that all the venerable manses around the village green are being bought as vacation homes by rich interlopers
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as in citizen
a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis
the university board met with an association representing the townies to figure out a solution to the problems created by off-campus parties
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Recent Examples of townie
That Canton murder was exposed by the feds after the locals brushed it off as a suicide to protect a fellow townie cop.
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 July 2025
The image Benchley leaves us with is one of the townie dying for the town, Quint vanishing into the sucking blue, his arms spread like Christ.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 26 June 2025
Once there, Montauk townies, preppy uptowners, humble fans of tech-house, scene kids, and everything in between get treated to sets from the biggest names in dance, rap, and pop.
—Waiss Aramesh, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
Off-duty, there are group mountain bike rides, townie bike tours, and ski posses, followed by brews at the nearby Brick Oven Pizzeria.
—Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 July 2025
The image Benchley leaves us with is one of the townie dying for the town, Quint vanishing into the sucking blue, his arms spread like Christ.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 26 June 2025
Once there, Montauk townies, preppy uptowners, humble fans of tech-house, scene kids, and everything in between get treated to sets from the biggest names in dance, rap, and pop.
—Waiss Aramesh, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
Off-duty, there are group mountain bike rides, townie bike tours, and ski posses, followed by brews at the nearby Brick Oven Pizzeria.
—Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for townie
Noun
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The Pistons were also without Caris LeVert, who was sidelined with left hamstring tightness, and Marcus Sasser, another Texas native, who has yet to make his season debut because of a right hip impingement.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Kansas City native, Pyet DeSpain grew up with food at the center of many cultural festivities.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
25 Oct. 2025
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Given the ubiquity of stories and humanity’s vulnerability to them, citizens today would be wise to practice the skills of literary analysis, the very techniques routinely derided and devalued in a world committed to technology and tribalism.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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DeSantis said state universities need to ensure Florida citizens are first in line for job opportunities.—
Lucy Marques,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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This week, faced with the prospect of losing SNAP assistance and the stress of the holidays around the corner, Gabrielle, a West Virginia resident, reluctantly raised her hand in a community Facebook group.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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Kump said his priorities include ensuring KCKCC is protected to maintain access to quality, affordable education and looking to expand the school to a Leavenworth campus and reducing the tax burden on Wyandotte County residents.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In the Isan region of Thailand, an ancestral spirit named Ba Yan has been worshiped by villagers for generations.—
Michael Lee Simpson,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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The film, which Jacir has spent eight years developing, centers on a group of Palestinian villagers whose lives are upended by British occupation, tracing the birth of a national movement that reverberates through generations.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
23 Oct. 2025
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Your homes may have been damaged or destroyed and your communities and towns no longer look the same.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Mulroney, who grew up in a small Quebec town, had an ideological affinity with the emerging trends of privatization and deregulation in 1980s Anglo-American conservatism.—
Dónal Gill,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Townie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/townie. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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