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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Jason Bateman's character Clark Forrest rides his through the suburbs like a man who has made peace with being misunderstood, and the show has made the vehicle oddly compelling.
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Omar Kardoudi
april 20, New Atlas, 20 Apr. 2026
Colder weather returns to the New York City area next week with sub-freezing temperatures in the suburbs.
—Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
Sotomayor grew up in public housing in the Bronx while Kavanaugh grew up in the suburbs of Maryland.
—Joyann Jeffrey, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
Older laws prohibiting larger stores from getting volume discounts giving them an advantage over smaller mom-and-pop shops were fading away and a post-World War II baby boom and move to the suburbs was creating a rise in consumer demand.
—Steve Lackmeyer, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
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Omar Kardoudi
april 20, New Atlas, 20 Apr. 2026
Colder weather returns to the New York City area next week with sub-freezing temperatures in the suburbs.
—Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
Sotomayor grew up in public housing in the Bronx while Kavanaugh grew up in the suburbs of Maryland.
—Joyann Jeffrey, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
Older laws prohibiting larger stores from getting volume discounts giving them an advantage over smaller mom-and-pop shops were fading away and a post-World War II baby boom and move to the suburbs was creating a rise in consumer demand.
—Steve Lackmeyer, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
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“The suburbs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20suburbs. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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