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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
It was left to the feds to indict her townie cop boyfriend.
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
In the episode's final moments, Clint and several bloodthirsty townies descend upon the Black Spot with guns.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025
But that route is full of peril, and no townie is willing to provide them an escort.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 20 Nov. 2025
Scripted Set in the doomsday-fearing year 1999, The WONDERfools is a comedy action adventure that follows a group of awkward townies who unexpectedly gain superpowers and take on villains threatening the peace of Haeseong City.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
In the episode's final moments, Clint and several bloodthirsty townies descend upon the Black Spot with guns.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025
But that route is full of peril, and no townie is willing to provide them an escort.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 20 Nov. 2025
Scripted Set in the doomsday-fearing year 1999, The WONDERfools is a comedy action adventure that follows a group of awkward townies who unexpectedly gain superpowers and take on villains threatening the peace of Haeseong City.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Noun
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After six months of chemotherapy, the Colorado native entered remission in March 2024, only to relapse later that year and begin another grueling round of treatment that ultimately led to a stem cell transplant on March 10, 2025.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
23 May 2026
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His father, a native of Jordan, became a huge Chicago Cubs fan after settling in the south suburbs.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2026
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The melting pot implied that citizens gradually shed the distinctiveness of their traditions in order to become fully American.—
Ari Berman,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2026
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On the one hand, the court was being asked to overturn the results of a state constitutional referendum in which the citizens of Virginia voted to allow partisan gerrymandering.—
Noah Feldman,
Twin Cities,
14 May 2026
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Data from travel booking platform TrainPal shows that in April, purchases by UK residents of Eurostar tickets to France jumped 42% month-over-month and rose 25% year-over-year.—
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CNBC,
18 May 2026
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The system, which serves 100,000 residents in Iowa City and its surrounding, mostly rural communities, typifies the challenges most libraries face.—
Adeel Hassan,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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The fossils of this Cretaceous Period dinosaur were first spotted by a villager in Thailand’s northeastern province of Chaiyaphum.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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In 2019, Mohsin went to pick up his mother at her vegetable stand in Nyala, South Darfur, when armed men stormed the area and shot villagers at random.—
Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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“Townie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/townie. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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