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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

Example Sentences

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The tipping point was, on the surface, a typical small-town dispute.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

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

As Jonathan “Mox” Moxon in “Varsity Blues,” he pushed back against the pressures of playing quarterback for a small-town high school.

From Salon • Feb. 11, 2026

"Maybe, in some small-town orchestra somewhere. But I'm realizing that my life isn't going to be anything like I thought. Nothing like I thought."

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.