market town
noun
: a usually small town that has the privilege of holding a public market at stated times
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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.
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Jack Bantock, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
In it, after a strange murder takes place in sleepy market town Bakerbury, the police are baffled by a crossword puzzle clue left on the body.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
Bassist Horace Panter was from the genteel middle-class market town of Kettering.
—Ian Penman, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
The anticipation and excitement around the old market town, in pretty much the centre of England, has been rising ever since the National League side, the fifth tier of English football, were paired with one of English football’s elite clubs.
—Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Jack Bantock, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
In it, after a strange murder takes place in sleepy market town Bakerbury, the police are baffled by a crossword puzzle clue left on the body.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
Bassist Horace Panter was from the genteel middle-class market town of Kettering.
—Ian Penman, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
The anticipation and excitement around the old market town, in pretty much the centre of England, has been rising ever since the National League side, the fifth tier of English football, were paired with one of English football’s elite clubs.
—Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Market town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20town. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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