market town
noun
: a usually small town that has the privilege of holding a public market at stated times
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They were found at a residential development project at Calthorpe Gardens, on the outskirts of the historic market town Banbury in southern England.
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Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 12 June 2024
Image The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, visited the small market town of Reichertshofen, roughly 35 miles north of Munich, on Monday and said that the flooding represented a new reality as the effects of climate change are being felt in Central Europe.
—Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 3 June 2024
The riverside market town, Totnes, has become a byword for an outdoorsy, artistic community—catnip to the tourists who bunch around the estate agent windows.
—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
Settled and content in leafy Beaconsfield, a market town in southeast England, her family had spent 10 years building a new life across the pond after moving from Ponte Vedra Beach near Jacksonville, Florida, in 2007.
—Jack Bantock, CNN, 29 Feb. 2024
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Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 12 June 2024
Image The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, visited the small market town of Reichertshofen, roughly 35 miles north of Munich, on Monday and said that the flooding represented a new reality as the effects of climate change are being felt in Central Europe.
—Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 3 June 2024
The riverside market town, Totnes, has become a byword for an outdoorsy, artistic community—catnip to the tourists who bunch around the estate agent windows.
—Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 3 May 2024
Settled and content in leafy Beaconsfield, a market town in southeast England, her family had spent 10 years building a new life across the pond after moving from Ponte Vedra Beach near Jacksonville, Florida, in 2007.
—Jack Bantock, CNN, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Market town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20town. Accessed 1 Jul. 2024.
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