market town

noun

: a usually small town that has the privilege of holding a public market at stated times

Examples of market town in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Falling between two stools are the market towns and busy contemporary cathedral cities like York, where ancient architecture houses skincare brands like Kiehl’s. —

Catherine Bray, Variety, 11 July 2024 This quaint market town in the sprawling lowlands of eastern England should be a rural, right-wing heartland. —

Alexander Smith, NBC News, 6 July 2024 They were found at a residential development project at Calthorpe Gardens, on the outskirts of the historic market town Banbury in southern England. —

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 See all Example Sentences for market town

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