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Our Town

American  

noun

  1. a play (1938) by Thornton Wilder.


Our Town Cultural  
  1. (1938) A Pulitzer Prize –winning play by Thornton Wilder, dealing with everyday life in a small town in New England.


Example Sentences

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“It gives us hope that we can build our town back and get back here.”

From Los Angeles Times

"They have grown significantly, becoming a key local employer in our town and providing thousands of job and apprenticeship opportunities," she added.

From BBC

“We pay our taxes for it to be maintained. It’s in their policy manuals. It’s the law; it’s their government code: that it can’t create a danger to our town, our houses.”

From Los Angeles Times

We’ve left our town for California, exploring back roads the whole way through, and then back again.

From The Wall Street Journal

“This is a real town and it’s our town.”

From Los Angeles Times