exurb

noun

Definition of exurbnext
as in suburb

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Recent Examples of exurb Most of cities’ growth began taking place not in downtowns, but in suburbs and exurbs, says Joel Kotkin, a fellow at Chapman University who studies urban development. — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 10 June 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 Tucked amid the rolling hills of Solano County, halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento, this working-class exurb of roughly 103,000 residents has a reputation for being family-oriented, affordable and inclusive. — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2026 Baladi Coffee Found in Kennesaw, Baladi Coffee offers one of the exurb’s most distinctive Middle Eastern coffee experiences, drawing heavily from Egyptian and Palestinian cultural traditions. — Christopher Hassiotis, AJC.com, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for exurb
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exurb
  1. suburb
  2. suburbia
  3. city
  4. town
  5. metropolis
Noun
  • In Aubervilliers, a Paris suburb, the doors gave way under the pressure of the crowd, and fights broke out among shoppers.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
  • Raised in an affluent suburb in Marin County, Siebel Newsom, 52, grew up in privilege.
    — Jenny Jarvie Follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Definition of suburb
Noun
  • Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth Eighty-one-year-old Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick lives quietly in suburbia until a neighbor's suspicious death draws attention to her and the decades-old secret she's tried to bury.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 19 June 2026
  • The actor got his start on Family Ties, an '80s sitcom about the Keaton family, whose matriarch and patriarch were once 1960s radicals now attempting to raise their Reagan-era children in suburbia.
    — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
Definition of suburbia
Noun
  • Kirkland said the regulations would have especially affected cities like Bell Gardens and Hawaiian Gardens, where casinos represent nearly 70% of the general fund.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • With 23 cities, the tour will make stops in Japan (Osaka, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Miyagi, and Fukuoka) before heading to North America in September.
    — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of city
Noun
  • Sudarshan’s big-picture approach is a long way from the company’s roots as a bus service in the southern town of Madurai.
    — Anu Raghunathan, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
  • In recent years, with attendance at Latin Mass topping 4,000, the SSPX built a 1,500-seat, $42 million church high on its campus overlooking the tranquil town.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
Definition of town
Noun
  • About 80 miles from Los Angeles, Lake Arrowhead is yet another easy mountain getaway for residents of SoCal’s largest metropolis.
    — Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026
  • The modern Miami metropolis was built over the ruins of an earlier civilization.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
Definition of metropolis

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