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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The new lines run down the middle of part of Beale Street and stretch hundreds of miles to the suburbs of Nashville.
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Susan Page, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Take away the highlands and the suburbs and the big round table, and these are two shows that tell stories through the words and actions of real people.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 May 2026
That includes voters in the South, those who make less than $50,000 a year, white men and women without college degrees, millennials, men, parents of children under 18, rural voters and men in small cities and the suburbs.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 6 May 2026
Patrick was raised between the Pacific Northwest and the suburbs of Silicon Valley, and was on the University of Chicago debate team.
—Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
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Susan Page, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Take away the highlands and the suburbs and the big round table, and these are two shows that tell stories through the words and actions of real people.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 May 2026
That includes voters in the South, those who make less than $50,000 a year, white men and women without college degrees, millennials, men, parents of children under 18, rural voters and men in small cities and the suburbs.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 6 May 2026
Patrick was raised between the Pacific Northwest and the suburbs of Silicon Valley, and was on the University of Chicago debate team.
—Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
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“The suburbs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20suburbs. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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