: a region or settlement that lies outside a city and usually beyond its suburbs and that often is inhabited chiefly by well-to-do families
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In 2018, he was first elected sheriff of Riverside County, which stretches from the eastern Los Angeles exurbs to the Arizona state line.
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David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
The 2nd District stretches from Chicago’s South Side to its southern exurbs.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
The urge to tame big corporate landlords is bubbling over among locals in woodsy Paulding County, Georgia, an Atlanta exurb where church steeples and old graveyards punctuate the rolling hills, and an 18-foot fiberglass Wonder Woman waves at drivers.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 10 Feb. 2026
And as development spreads away from downtown and toward exurbs like Homestead, commute times may only be getting longer for some.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2026
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David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
The 2nd District stretches from Chicago’s South Side to its southern exurbs.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
The urge to tame big corporate landlords is bubbling over among locals in woodsy Paulding County, Georgia, an Atlanta exurb where church steeples and old graveyards punctuate the rolling hills, and an 18-foot fiberglass Wonder Woman waves at drivers.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 10 Feb. 2026
And as development spreads away from downtown and toward exurbs like Homestead, commute times may only be getting longer for some.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Exurb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exurb. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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