: 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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Baladi Coffee Found in Kennesaw, Baladi Coffee offers one of the exurb’s most distinctive Middle Eastern coffee experiences, drawing heavily from Egyptian and Palestinian cultural traditions.
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Christopher Hassiotis, AJC.com, 18 June 2026
In that same county, the Grayslake Village Board recently approved a massive data-center complex, igniting a firestorm within the normally quiet exurb.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
Most of cities’ growth began taking place not in downtowns, but in suburbs and exurbs, says Joel Kotkin, a fellow at Chapman University who studies urban development.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
What made Walmart choose this particular exurb outside Dallas for a major store opening and author event?
—John Hope Bryant, Time, 28 May 2026
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Christopher Hassiotis, AJC.com, 18 June 2026
In that same county, the Grayslake Village Board recently approved a massive data-center complex, igniting a firestorm within the normally quiet exurb.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
Most of cities’ growth began taking place not in downtowns, but in suburbs and exurbs, says Joel Kotkin, a fellow at Chapman University who studies urban development.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
What made Walmart choose this particular exurb outside Dallas for a major store opening and author event?
—John Hope Bryant, Time, 28 May 2026
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“Exurb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exurb. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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