Thesaurus results for DOWNTOWNS

downtowns

noun

plural of downtown

as in suburbs

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Recent Examples of downtowns Traditional downtowns have really suffered, and these large shopping malls, like The Veranda, Santana Row … Streets of Brentwood … have really done a disservice to downtown districts. —

Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026

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suburbs

Noun

Some wealthy suburbs were too small for the MoneyLion ranking.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 24 June 2026
Trone Garriott is running in the 3rd Congressional District, which includes Des Moines and its suburbs, as well as much of the southwestern part of the state.

— Justin Papp, CNBC, 24 June 2026