Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Podunk
Noun
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The fish belonged to a family called hamlets, a group that has proven difficult to study.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2025 -
The 4,740 square-foot home, with a private lake and tennis and basketball courts, is located in the Rockland County hamlet of New City, located about 35 miles north of New York City.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Then, Swiss colonists settled in the village of Shabo and started a movement toward quality vineyard plantings and management and higher-quality winemaking, and that was the very beginning of the SHABO legacy.—
Cathrine Todd,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Since the winter of 2019 the hottest topic in that village has centered on its plans for 760 acres of prime farmland owned by Crown Community Development at the Interstate 88/Route 47 interchange that initially included 4 million square feet of potential warehousing.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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If Great Bend failed to achieve the notoriety of Dodge City or other cow towns, Moses’s fellow citizens gave him much of the credit.—
Katy Roberts,
Washington Post,
29 July 2024
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And while Livingston is far from a cow town — more like a fancy-fly-rod-and-real-estate town — Campione still stands out.—
Melissa Clark,
New York Times,
18 Sep. 2023
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“Podunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Podunk. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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