the town

noun

: the government of a town
The town plans to increase property taxes.

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German immigrants settled and established Walhalla in the 1850s, naming the town for its verdant natural setting. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2025 And the fees that LaSalle Corrections paid to the town to operate the prison more than tripled, to nearly half a million dollars annually. Brent McDonald, New York Times, 31 July 2025 The county and the town of Chincoteague evenly split the remaining $27,034. Brendan Nordstrom, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2025 In contrast, archaeologists have found evidence of Christian worship at another site in the town, study author Bautista Ceprián, an archaeologist with the Cástulo Sefarad Primera Luz project, told CNN on Wednesday. Jack Guy, CNN Money, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for the town

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