as in cities
a thickly settled, highly populated area
after driving for miles with nothing but corn and wheat fields to look at, we were relieved to roll into a small town and have a bite to eat at the local diner
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Recent Examples of towns
This strong demand for rental units has brought up prices in university towns, already exacerbated by landlords passing on the higher cost of home-buying to tenants.
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Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
The route passes a whopping eight state parks and a handful of small shoreline towns known for their local fish and lakefront views.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2025
Task returns to the dense forests and rundown towns of Inglesby’s home state of Pennsylvania.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Jackson, Wyoming, is a 20-minute drive from Jackson Hole Mountain Resort; Hailey, Idaho, is near Sun Valley Ski Resort; both Breckenridge and Steamboat Springs are ski towns with resorts in Colorado.
—Natalie Wu, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
Advertisement PurpleAir doesn’t forecast pollution, while AccuWeather tries to predict AQI hourly throughout the day for towns or cities based on available data informing their models.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
In the decades since his death, King was honored on nearly 1,000 streets in cities, towns and suburbs across the country, and a few in foreign lands.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
For the Centennial State, business in its ski towns brings huge economic gains, with spending reaching record highs this past year.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Telluride, Colorado There is something perennially romantic about mountain towns in the winter when their quaint streets, open fields, and jagged peaks are blanketed with the whitest of snow.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024
Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
The route passes a whopping eight state parks and a handful of small shoreline towns known for their local fish and lakefront views.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2025
Task returns to the dense forests and rundown towns of Inglesby’s home state of Pennsylvania.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Jackson, Wyoming, is a 20-minute drive from Jackson Hole Mountain Resort; Hailey, Idaho, is near Sun Valley Ski Resort; both Breckenridge and Steamboat Springs are ski towns with resorts in Colorado.
—Natalie Wu, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
Advertisement PurpleAir doesn’t forecast pollution, while AccuWeather tries to predict AQI hourly throughout the day for towns or cities based on available data informing their models.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
In the decades since his death, King was honored on nearly 1,000 streets in cities, towns and suburbs across the country, and a few in foreign lands.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
For the Centennial State, business in its ski towns brings huge economic gains, with spending reaching record highs this past year.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Telluride, Colorado There is something perennially romantic about mountain towns in the winter when their quaint streets, open fields, and jagged peaks are blanketed with the whitest of snow.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for towns
Noun
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That’s one of my favorite cities to play in.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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What To Know The protest centres on a march through New York City at 12pm but will also take place in other cities.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But Gorman also cautioned that even if the bold ideas put forth by Musk and Bezos are realized fully, with bustling metropolises constructed among the stars, humanity will eventually need to look back toward home.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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And as those on the right have slammed the nation’s metropolises, only a tiny fraction of the biggest cities have Republican mayors, and there’s scant discussion in right-wing circles and institutions about urban policy.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Towns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/towns. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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