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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Less like a museum and more like an immersion in the whimsical world of anime director Hayao Miyazaki, the Ghibli Museum in the suburbs of Mitaka will be the first stop for fans of manga and anime.
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Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2026
Large cities have generally stopped building them, forcing more and more urban families to either remain renters or depart for the suburbs.
—M. Nolan Gray, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
One of the first steps involved catching insect-eating bats from the suburbs of Beijing.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
First responders at the site of a Russian attack in the suburbs of Kyiv in February.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026
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Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2026
Large cities have generally stopped building them, forcing more and more urban families to either remain renters or depart for the suburbs.
—M. Nolan Gray, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
One of the first steps involved catching insect-eating bats from the suburbs of Beijing.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
First responders at the site of a Russian attack in the suburbs of Kyiv in February.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026
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“The suburbs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20suburbs. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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