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In 2018, he was first elected sheriff of Riverside County, which stretches from the eastern Los Angeles exurbs to the Arizona state line.
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David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
The urge to tame big corporate landlords is bubbling over among locals in woodsy Paulding County, Georgia, an Atlanta exurb where church steeples and old graveyards punctuate the rolling hills, and an 18-foot fiberglass Wonder Woman waves at drivers.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 10 Feb. 2026
In Anani, an exurb a dozen miles east of Abidjan, our cars left the highway and drove through sand and scrub to reach 2Africa’s beach manhole.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
Nick’s parents are divorced, and the panic attacks begin after Nick, having become incorrigible in adolescence, is ordered by his mom to go live with his dad in a subdivision called Chariot Courts, in Libertyville, Illinois, an exurb of Chicago.
—Emily Witt, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
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David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
The urge to tame big corporate landlords is bubbling over among locals in woodsy Paulding County, Georgia, an Atlanta exurb where church steeples and old graveyards punctuate the rolling hills, and an 18-foot fiberglass Wonder Woman waves at drivers.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 10 Feb. 2026
In Anani, an exurb a dozen miles east of Abidjan, our cars left the highway and drove through sand and scrub to reach 2Africa’s beach manhole.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
Nick’s parents are divorced, and the panic attacks begin after Nick, having become incorrigible in adolescence, is ordered by his mom to go live with his dad in a subdivision called Chariot Courts, in Libertyville, Illinois, an exurb of Chicago.
—Emily Witt, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exurb
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The feature is set in British Columbia, largely in the span of a summer during the nineteen-nineties, in a calm residential suburb on the ruggedly alluring Vancouver Island.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Rescuers assisted by heavy machinery work at the site of an Israeli strike carried out two days earlier, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, April 10, 2026.—
Brian Dakss,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Set in present-day American suburbia, The ’Burbs follows a young couple who have reluctantly relocated to the husband’s childhood home.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Apr. 2026
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In the early 20th century, oil companies built gas stations with a homey, domestic look and feel to better blend with suburbia.—
Ginger Crichton,
Midwest Living,
12 Apr. 2026
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Project Cloud Lightweight Mary Jane Sneakers Mary Jane flats meet walking sneakers in this travel-friendly hybrid that feels especially made for city exploring.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Apr. 2026
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This was the only concrete social change in Iran, and there has been improvement; city by city, women have been going to stadiums.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
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From the opening scene of the family’s move to town, the soft and wistful light shapes the film’s emotional world.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Then on Friday, Israeli warplanes struck near a state security office in the southern town of Nabatieh, killing 13 officers, according to the Lebanese president’s office.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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The federation, based inside Beth El, is entirely volunteer-run and rarely publicizes events or occasions — a sharp contrast to the vibe in the Jewish metropolises of South Florida.—
Larry Luxner,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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Cincinnati in the first half of the 19th century was a thriving metropolis, one of the United States' 10 largest cities and one of the largest in the West.—
Alexander Coolidge,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Exurb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exurb. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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