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small-town

[smawl-toun] / ˈsmɔlˈtaʊn /
ADJECTIVE
local
Synonyms
WEAK
bounded civic confined district divisional geographical insular legendary limited narrow narrow-minded neighborhood parish parochial provincial regional sectarian sectional territorial town vernacular

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Jared Keeso stars in this “Letterkenny” spinoff satirizing performative masculinity among a small-town Canadian hockey team.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

For now though, style and savings appear to have trumped concerns about sustainability, with many small-town Indians only just getting on to the fast-fashion bandwagon.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

A former employee of her family’s small-town Kansas bank, she has demonstrated a willingness, unusual among regulators, to hear out banks over their criticisms of the supervisory process and even specific interactions with examiners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

As the blunt but sweet small-town police chief, Marge Gunderson, McDormand shows up only when the audience is up to their eyeballs in snowy subterfuge.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

They drove me to a small-town bus station where I could catch a bus.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin