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- noun UK Any of a number of government-sponsored
new towns which are intended to achieve exemplary standards ofsustainability
Etymologies
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Examples
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For the last miles of the trip, we trundle up a dirt road outstanding in the number and quality of its ruts, to a lodge that fits funkily in ecotown.
Richard Bangs: Nic' of Time Richard Bangs 2010
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For the last miles of the trip, we trundle up a dirt road outstanding in the number and quality of its ruts, to a lodge that fits funkily in ecotown.
Richard Bangs: Nic' of Time Richard Bangs 2010
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My understanding is that ecotowns will be net zero carbon - as will every home built from 2016 - however ecotown homes will have higher environmental standards across the board in terms of sustainability, water use, ecology, etc.
Eco Town Con Norfolk Blogger 2009
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For the last miles of the trip, we trundle up a dirt road outstanding in the number and quality of its ruts, to a lodge that fits funkily in ecotown.
Richard Bangs: Nic' of Time Richard Bangs 2010
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For the last miles of the trip, we trundle up a dirt road outstanding in the number and quality of its ruts, to a lodge that fits funkily in ecotown.
Richard Bangs: Nic' of Time Richard Bangs 2010
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For the last miles of the trip, we trundle up a dirt road outstanding in the number and quality of its ruts, to a lodge that fits funkily in ecotown.
Richard Bangs: Nic' of Time Richard Bangs 2010
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Other finalists for Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year include hastag, netbook, sexting, zombie bank, birther, death panel, ecotown, and tramp stamp.
Dawn Teo: "Teabagger" Oxford Dictionary Word-of-the-Year Finalist 2009
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He said at a news conference that one of the ideas they would discuss was creating an innovative "ecotown" that would become a model for others.
The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - washingtonpost.com 2011
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It was thanks to this we managed to come forward with plans for an ecotown at Rackheath, which the government were pleased to announce their support for yesterday.
EDP24 News 2009
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Other WOTY front-runners considered this year by Oxford University Press included: sexting - the sending of sexually explicit texts and pictures by cellphone funemployed - taking advantage of one's newly unemployed status to have fun or pursue other interests birther - a conspiracy theorist who challenges President Obama's birth certificate ecotown - a town built and run on eco-friendly principles
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