the town

noun

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

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There are estimated to be as many as 40 separate scam compounds in the town, many of which are plugged into Thai electricity and internet services. Charlie Campbell, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025 People pass in front of big screen during the speech of US President Donald Trump on January 26, 2018 at the Davos Congress Centre (C), the venue of the annual World Economic Forum (WEF), in the town of Davos, eastern Switzerland. April Roach, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025 With a crowd anticipated at more than 100 people, the town hall will be held at La Jolla High School. Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025 One home on a street may have been given a disaster-defense checkup thanks to a town grant, but its next-door neighbor, just over the town line, may sit there just as vulnerable, and therefore dangerous, as ever. Justin Davidson, Curbed, 17 Jan. 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 2 Feb. 2025.

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