nearby town

collocation in English

meaningsofnearbyandtown

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nearby
adverb
adjective
uk
/ˌnɪəˈbaɪ/us
/ˌnɪrˈbaɪ/
not ...
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town
noun
uk
/taʊn/us
/taʊn/
a place where people live and work, containing many houses, shops, places of work, places of entertainment, etc., and usually larger than a village but smaller than ...
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(Definition ofnearbyandtownfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Some of the arrieros bought and sold salt, which they would store in anearbytown.
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Over several months, the son-in-law who still lived with them became increasingly detached, often spending the night in thenearbytownwhere he worked.
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In these areas, daily commuting to anearbytownis a good alternative to distance migration, since it achieves a division of total family labour between the two.
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Although the majority of these farms can still be labeled family businesses, farmers often live in thenearbytownand employ one or more permanent workers.
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This makes shopping in thenearbytownan extremely arduous business.
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He sold it with 1¾ acres of land to a prominent solicitor in anearbytown.
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Small banks have been closed and have gone to anearbytown.
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His wife keeps a draper's shop in anearbytownand that keeps the farm going.
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The impact of the proposals, including any impact onnearbytowncentres, would be considered through these processes.
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I inquired where the manager was and found that, apparently, he was in thenearbytownhaving his lunch.
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If there is selection and if there is only one major school in anearbytown, many rural people will require additional transport to get their children to school.
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There has been a time during which the school in mynearbytownhas become unpopular for no great reason.
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They do not have to travel 20 or 30 miles to anearbytownto find a solicitor, because the legal advice that they need is on hand.
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One of my biggest worries, having also been a general practitioner in anearbytown, is safety.
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The television in every home, and motor car in every garage, have made it much easier to live in the villages and work in anearbytown.
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Cannot the nurses be encouraged to get lodgings in anearbytownand transport be arranged to take them backwards and forwards each day?
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People found it more convenient to be picked up virtually at their doors and transported to thenearbytownby bus.
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Parents at home with their children might like the opportunity to go to a bank in anearbytownbut do not have the time.
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Secondly, they might want to live in the house in the country and commute, say, to anearbytown.
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