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Recent Examples of villageLike many other men in the mountain village of Jatimulyo, Mr. Suparno made the switch from bird hunter to nature guide shortly after the village banned poaching.—Lindsey McGinnis, Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2025 In 1956 attorney Francesco De Marchi combined the two villages and created one estate.—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 12 June 2025 To get more businesses participating in the grant program, the village is sending targeted mailings to the property owners in Gurnee’s East Grand Corridor, according to Trujillo.—Erin Yarnall, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025 Israeli forces continue to occupy five hilltops in southern Lebanon, in violation of the ceasefire agreement, and have been destroying entire villages in the country.—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for village
Recent Examples of Synonyms for village
hamlet
Noun
And while the epicenter of this movement is in Hardwick, Vermont – a town of 1,000 people that has transformed itself from a hardscrabble rural hamlet into a mecca of food and sustainability – the impacts go well beyond it.
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Riley Robinson,
Christian Science Monitor,
8 June 2025
The property is not far from where the singer grew up in the nearby Oyster Bay hamlet of Hicksville.
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Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
30 May 2025
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