out-of-town

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adjective

1
: coming from or going to another town or city
out-of-town mail
out-of-town visitors
2
: happening in another town or city
The band has an out-of-town show tomorrow night.
3
British : located away from the center of a town
out-of-town shopping centers

out of town

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idiom

1
: a different town
She's from out of town.
2
: away from the town or city where one lives or where an activity usually takes place
I'm going to be out of town over the weekend.
The ball club will be playing out of town next week.

Examples of out-of-town in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Also, parents of young children and out-of-town guests can hit the road earlier instead of driving late at night or paying for hotel rooms. Perri Ormont Blumberg, New York Times, 25 May 2024 Eat like a local’s out-of-town guest at your favorite South Carolina beach town Driving to the beach this summer from Charlotte? Charlottefive Staff, Charlotte Observer, 24 May 2024 Now, with the culinary landscape luring even more out-of-town concepts, chefs and tourists, the local passion for Macchialina is only more fierce, and the restaurant was ripe for expansion. Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 23 May 2024 Explore Minnesota, the state’s tourism organization, has launched a full-court press on the phrase as a draw for out-of-town visitors, redesigning their official website to prominently feature the phrase. Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 22 May 2024 Mother’s Day getaway: For an out-of-town experience, the new Wildset Hotel in St. Michaels is offering complimentary bikes to wheel around town as well as a s’mores kit for the hotel’s firepit. Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2024 For those who love out-of-town orchestras, this is a particularly strong season. Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024 Another open question is whether there will be demand to fill these buildings with out-of-town guests. Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 17 Apr. 2024 An out-of-town visitor who stayed downtown last week has tested positive for measles, according to the Cincinnati Health Department. Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 15 Apr. 2024
Idiom
In town and out of town the organization owns, manages and offers tours of nearly 50 properties. Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 June 2023 As the citizens of Oroville jammed the roads out of town, the Sheriff’s Department started to evacuate the jail. Christopher Cox Spencer Lowell, New York Times, 22 June 2023 An old-school diner, motel, and auto repair shop feature in the footprint, the structures flanking a highway that extends endlessly out of town in either direction. Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 June 2023 The parade of boxes emerging from the White House continued right up to Inauguration Day, when the departing president smashed tradition and slipped out of town without attending his successor’s swearing-in, without so much as a greeting to the new guy. Marc Fisher, Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2023 In general, large companies aren’t afraid to ship out of town and set up shop elsewhere. Chloe Berger, Fortune, 9 June 2023 This week will be one of those rare instances when both teams are out of town to start the week, with the Cubs still out west. Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2023 Further out of town is Estancia Cristina, a 20th-century sheep ranch accessible only by the resort's boat across Lake Argentino. Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2023 Long estranged from his twin, a rich real estate mogul who lived in a ginormous chateau outside of the French city of Perpignan, near the Spanish border, the detective arrives to give his niece a quick hand before getting out of town. Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 May 2023

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“Out-of-town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out-of-town. Accessed 5 Jun. 2024.

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