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.

Examples of the suburbs in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Here's the latest on the Milwaukee-area home market: Home prices are up, especially in Washington County Home prices rose across the Milwaukee market — particularly in the suburbs, where there are fewer homes listed for sale. —Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2024

The first was built in the suburbs of Phoenix and is slated to open this year. —Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2024

Rents rose at similar rates in the D.C. and Baltimore metro areas, census data shows, though rents in the suburbs around the District were higher to begin with. —Emily Guskin, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024

There's Republicans who think that this could appeal to swing voters, particularly women in the suburbs. —Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024

Six of the Sacramento region’s top chefs, from a vegetarian proprietor in midtown to fine dining craftspeople in the suburbs, recently sounded off to The Sacramento Bee about the customer behaviors that drive them batty. —Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 4 Apr. 2024

Both bills are lower than in much of the suburbs, where property taxes for less valuable homes routinely top $25,000. —Camille Baker, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024

Rock ‘n’ roll expresses the ethos of Detroit in the sense of white Detroit and the suburbs, every bit as much as Motown expresses the other half of that. —Detroit Free Press, 2 Apr. 2024

For instance, once synonymous with segregation, the suburbs are now more diverse than ever. —Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2024