the town

noun

: the government of a town
The town plans to increase property taxes.

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In the heart of the Picos de Europa mountain range, in northern Spain’s province of Asturias, the town of Ponga is offering grants of €2,971 for couples that make the move there and an additional payment in the same amount for each child. Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 The new buildings would produce $200 million in direct construction spending and $212 million in annual employment benefits to the town, Jamestown representatives told the Town Board on Feb. 5. Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2025 In November 2022, a newborn baby was killed when a missile strike hit a maternity hospital in the town of Vilniansk in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, the local mayor told ABC News at the time. Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2025 But the town’s cohesion frayed in the late twentieth century as factories shuttered, leaving behind dangerous pollution, and the construction of an interstate highway demolished the historic downtown. Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the town

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“The town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20town. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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