new town
nounDefinition of new town
(Entry 1 of 2)
: an urban development comprising a small to medium-sized city with a broad range of housing and planned industrial, commercial, and recreational facilities
Newtown
geographical name
New·town
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Definition of Newtown (Entry 2 of 2)
town in southwestern Connecticut on the Housatonic River east of Danbury population 27,560
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In one example, Conn’s family uses a logic tree to decide which new town to move to, narrowing nearly 30 possible candidates to just one: Ketchum, Idaho. — Cassie Werber, Quartz at Work, "Solve your next big problem at work or home with the help of a logic tree," 7 Aug. 2019 Also, use the Internet to find kid-friendly attractions and other information about your new town. — Shannon Cobb Evans, Houston Chronicle, "Realtor View: Help prepare children for the stress of moving," 14 July 2019 Tensions were rising over a march planned for the next day to protest against violence the previous week at a train station in Yuen Long, a new town in the formally rural part of the New Territories, a part of Hong Kong on the mainland. — The Economist, "Yet another tense and violent weekend puts Hong Kong on edge," 28 July 2019 Animal Crossing Nothing will completely kill an afternoon like settling in and starting up a new town in Animal Crossing. — Brittany Vincent, Popular Mechanics, "The Best New Video Games We Can’t Wait to Play at E3 This Week," 10 June 2019 Get our daily newsletter The prime minister of Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu, cut the ribbon on a new town in the Golan Heights named after Donald Trump. — The Economist, "Politics this week," 22 June 2019 But today, rubble is still being cleared and a blueprint for the new town has not been decided. — Amy Kellogg, Fox News, "Central Italy battling effects of earthquakes and bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild," 24 Aug. 2018 In Skate Kitchen, a young skater named Camille (played by Rachelle Vinberg), stifled by her mom, seeks refuge among a cadre of skateboarding friends in a new town. — Katherine Cusumano, Teen Vogue, ""Skate Kitchen" Director Crystal Moselle on Why It’s So Important To Take Young Women Seriously," 23 Aug. 2018 The attention has now shifted to the new Little League field, the second phase of a three-phase project culminating in a new town hall, as well as a playground and pavilion for families. — David Anderson, The Aegis, "New Little League field planned for Perryville," 16 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'new town.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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