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Recent Examples of exurb
Democrats roared back to roll up big wins in fast-growing suburbs and even some exurbs that are home to legions of affluent and highly educated voters.
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Dave Goldiner, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
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
Between the lines: More than ever, the area has become an extension of the Valley, with some of Phoenix's hottest exurbs, including Queen Creek, spanning the Maricopa and Pinal county lines.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
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Dave Goldiner, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
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
Between the lines: More than ever, the area has become an extension of the Valley, with some of Phoenix's hottest exurbs, including Queen Creek, spanning the Maricopa and Pinal county lines.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exurb
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Hockey Day Minnesota, the annual celebration of the state’s official sport, will come to the Twin Cities suburbs for the third time in four years, it was announced on Saturday.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
25 Jan. 2026
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This exciting new corner of Rome supports an emerging understanding of the eternal city, revealing that its growth was dependent on its suburbs and altering our comprehension of how Rome functioned and thrived.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Jan. 2026
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In the 20th century, the 30-year mortgage and highway construction combined to make suburbia possible, creating strong bonds between middle-class Americans and the political and business establishments.—
Walter Russell Mead,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2026
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Here, on the fringes of suburbia, Beth and Troy Mortensen bought a plot of land to build their dream home 18 years ago.—
Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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The bird was spotted in apparent trouble and was captured by city park rangers and animal control officers.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Each city represents a stop on the ATP or WTA circuit — and now, an excuse for tennis fans to visit year-round.—
Paula Conway,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Not all data centers are water cooled but those that are can consume as much as 5 million gallons a day, the same as a town with a population of 25,000 people.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
25 Jan. 2026
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Getting to the airport is easy, fast and inexpensive (about $14 for a one-way ticket from the center of town to the airport).—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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Her immediate goal was simply to find freedom that the liberal metropolis had embraced after the war.—
Nathan Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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As the only female taxi driver working her corner of Nigeria’s heaving metropolis, Lady is accustomed to underestimation by a callous patriarchy, and staunchly resists the gender normatives implied by her name.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Exurb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exurb. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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