the suburbs
plural nounDefinition of the suburbs
: towns or other areas where people live in houses near a larger city
the suburbs of Chicago
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: one of the suburbs of a city
She left the city and moved to the suburbs.
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“The suburbs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20suburbs. Accessed 23 Oct. 2021.
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