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For many years, suburbs and exurbs have been the leading drivers of housing growth in Sunbelt cities, capturing most of the new population moving to the region.
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Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 7 July 2025
But commuter rail, connecting suburbs to exurbs, is flourishing.
—Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
From the exurbs of southern Yuba County to the posh suburbs surrounding Folsom Lake, there’s something for everyone’s budget.
—Ryan Lillis, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2025
With Pinal County adding new employers and metro Phoenix home prices remaining stubbornly high, more people are returning to exurbs like Maricopa.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
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Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 7 July 2025
But commuter rail, connecting suburbs to exurbs, is flourishing.
—Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
From the exurbs of southern Yuba County to the posh suburbs surrounding Folsom Lake, there’s something for everyone’s budget.
—Ryan Lillis, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2025
With Pinal County adding new employers and metro Phoenix home prices remaining stubbornly high, more people are returning to exurbs like Maricopa.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exurb
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That, plus the prospect of tax hikes, is reviving interest in real estate in the city’s affluent suburbs.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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In the predawn hours of October 31, FBI agents descended on the Detroit suburb where the men lived and detonated smoke bombs before storming into their homes.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Democrats see wins in battle for suburbia While some Democratic strongholds buttressed by working class voters have grown redder, the suburbs north of Indianapolis appear to be trending in the opposite direction.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
23 Oct. 2025
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Saft comes from Levittown, Long Island, the prototype for conformist, white-picketed American suburbia.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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The leaders of the world's biggest economies met at the airport in Busan, an hour's drive away from the APEC host city of Gyeongju, for just an hour and 40 minutes.—
Se Eun Gong,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
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In the waning days of the pandemic, appreciation and recognition came from Los Angeles city and county officials, who, according to posts on Farzam’s Instagram, commended Farzam for operating Covid testing centers and hailed him as a leader and role model.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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Some time next year, the taxi taking you around town may not have a human behind the wheel.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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This gave Gates, from the use of his private jet alone, the same carbon footprint as a small town in Burundi.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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João Pessoa João Pessoa, the capital of the state of Paraíba, is an enigmatic coastal metropolis.—
Aaron Randolph,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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Related Stories The recognition arrives as the Philippine metropolis embraces its identity as QC Film City during this year’s QCinema International Film Festival.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Exurb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exurb. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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