out-of-town

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adjective

1
: coming from or going to another town or city
out-of-town mail
out-of-town visitors
2
: happening in another town or city
The band has an out-of-town show tomorrow night.
3
British : located away from the center of a town
out-of-town shopping centers

out of town

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phrase

1
: a different town
She's from out of town.
2
: away from the town or city where one lives or where an activity usually takes place
I'm going to be out of town over the weekend.
The ball club will be playing out of town next week.

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But what happened in Newport Beach over the holiday weekend as out-of-town youth paired with typical Fourth of July visitors was uniquely severe, residents say. Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 Data from Bank of America found that spending by both out-of-town and local consumers jumped year-over-year in the country’s host cities. Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026 The newspaper would rather devote much of its energy on the out-of-town and irrelevant Miami Heat. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2026 Running June 26-28, this year’s festival follows tradition with an almost all-local lineup, with the exception of out-of-town headliner A Guy Called Gerald, who’s playing with Detroit’s Mike Banks, the founder of Underground Resistance. Carla Vecchiola, The Conversation, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for out-of-town

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“Out-of-town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out-of-town. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

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