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Pitney Bowes started its Indian operations long before the current wave, setting up in Noida, an exurb of New Delhi, and Pune, an industrial city near Mumbai.
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Alex Travelli, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Pitney Bowes started its Indian operations long before the current wave, setting up in Noida, an exurb of New Delhi, and Pune, an industrial city near Mumbai.
—Alex Travelli, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
An exurb of an exurb Anna, Texas, more than 45 miles north of downtown Dallas, is seeing the same kind of migration.
—Mike Schneider, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
Many of its workers live in D.C.'s surrounding suburbs and exurbs.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 8 Mar. 2025
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Alex Travelli, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Pitney Bowes started its Indian operations long before the current wave, setting up in Noida, an exurb of New Delhi, and Pune, an industrial city near Mumbai.
—Alex Travelli, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
An exurb of an exurb Anna, Texas, more than 45 miles north of downtown Dallas, is seeing the same kind of migration.
—Mike Schneider, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
Many of its workers live in D.C.'s surrounding suburbs and exurbs.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exurb
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The transfer was the realisation of a lifelong dream for a boy from Nima, a suburb in Accra, once known for its gang violence and now famous for exporting Kudus, who frequently returns to his hometown to donate football boots and other equipment and organise community games.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
13 Aug. 2025
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This year, Friedman is celebrating 30 years as the music director of the Symphony of Oak Park River Forest, a nonprofessional orchestra in the western suburbs.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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Some of Sunny’s smartest plots put the gang deeply outside of their comfort zones, and, well, Mac and Dennis trying to make it in suburbia certainly fits the bill.—
Rachel Simon,
Vulture,
9 July 2025
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Wasson's saw growth in suburbia as an opportunity to branch out.—
Indianapolis Star,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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Our first major step is to open our flagship retail store in New York, a city that aligns with our brand’s style and international reach.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
13 Aug. 2025
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Thousands of attendees will gather at locations throughout Greater Cincinnati this week for the Black Family Reunion – an annual tradition that was once celebrated in cities across the country.—
Grace Tucker,
The Enquirer,
13 Aug. 2025
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Like, to him, his world was just however many miles within the radius of his town. ...—
Terry Gross,
NPR,
18 Aug. 2025
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And then the big, bad Brewers came to town and left it like, well, Sherman left Atlanta.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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The metropolis of millions is facing a water crisis, 21 July, 2025, Iran, Tehran.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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Another new addition to the animal-run metropolis of Zootopia is Nibbles Maplestick, a beaver voiced by comedian and actress Fortune Feimster.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Exurb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exurb. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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