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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Lockheed was the Valley’s biggest employer when Kent and Steve Jobs were growing up in the suburbs that slowly consumed the orchards.
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Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
Its programs aren’t meant to win in the playoffs, much less challenge teams from the suburbs beyond district lines.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Nov. 2025
Nile has relocated to the suburbs to escape a massive scandal after his previous wife, Madison, mysteriously disappeared.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
The profile of the typical Telluride buyer is a family with two or more children who live in the suburbs.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
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Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
Its programs aren’t meant to win in the playoffs, much less challenge teams from the suburbs beyond district lines.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Nov. 2025
Nile has relocated to the suburbs to escape a massive scandal after his previous wife, Madison, mysteriously disappeared.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
The profile of the typical Telluride buyer is a family with two or more children who live in the suburbs.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 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 29 Nov. 2025.
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