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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Born in the suburbs of Detroit, Zalupski’s family moved frequently during his childhood, as Forbes first reported in 2021. Forbes Wealth Team, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025 That lean to the right was fueled in large part by Trump's gains in the suburbs outside of D.C. — an area of the state that now stands to be particularly affected by the Trump administration's cuts to the federal government. Margaret Barthel, NPR, 17 June 2025 Taylor has served more than a decade as the top prosecutor in the suburbs outside Richmond after flipping the open seat in 2011. CBS News, 17 June 2025 Saturday, there seemed to be consensus about what had happened overnight in the suburbs north of Minneapolis. Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 16 June 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 1 Jul. 2025.

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