the suburbs
plural noun
: towns or other areas where people live in houses near a larger city
the suburbs of Chicago
also
: one of the suburbs of a city
She left the city and moved to the suburbs.
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White people left cities for the suburbs, taking jobs and tax revenues with them.
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Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Specifically, Weapons was filmed in the suburbs of Covington, Decatur, East Point, Griffin, Jonesboro, Stone Mountain and Tucker, according to the Georgia Film Office.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
After taking on the Big Apple, Ghostface appears to be headed back to the suburbs, according to one returning Scream star.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
Cunningham added that people she’s talked to enjoyed the suburbs around the city more than what’s happening on the Las Vegas Strip.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Specifically, Weapons was filmed in the suburbs of Covington, Decatur, East Point, Griffin, Jonesboro, Stone Mountain and Tucker, according to the Georgia Film Office.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
After taking on the Big Apple, Ghostface appears to be headed back to the suburbs, according to one returning Scream star.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2025
Cunningham added that people she’s talked to enjoyed the suburbs around the city more than what’s happening on the Las Vegas Strip.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the suburbs
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“The suburbs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20suburbs. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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