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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.
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Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for downtowns
suburbs
Noun
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Erin Wagner lives in the Chicago suburbs but visits two bald eagles in Southern California’s Big Bear Valley nearly every day.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Simultaneous blasts rocked Beirut's southern suburbs late Wednesday, producing large fires and plumes of smoke.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Downtowns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downtowns. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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