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Recent Examples of exurb
From the exurbs of southern Yuba County to the posh suburbs surrounding Folsom Lake, there’s something for everyone’s budget.
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Ryan Lillis, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 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
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
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
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Ryan Lillis, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 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
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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exurb
Noun
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They were raised in a religious household Mitt and his siblings grew up in a wealthy suburb of Detroit, per the Boston Globe.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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Chicago house, refracted through Paris suburbs.—
Alma Rota,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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Set in 1968 suburbia, Father of Us follows five siblings caught between their magnetic but reckless father and their radiant but overwhelmed mother.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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The hilariously surreal visual of 17 children stampeding through suburbia like a herd of angry elephants with murderous intent required some clever cinematic trickery.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Weak shaking has been registered and people reported feeling the tremor in multiple cities, including Yucaipa, Redlands and Mentone according to the USGS DYFI report.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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The protests are organized by progressive organization Indivisible, with cities having their own branch.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
12 Oct. 2025
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Nestled along a private stretch of creek, the hotel feels secluded and tranquil but is also steps away from the heart of town.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Oct. 2025
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Across the state, Italian Americans have left a legacy through small businesses, community associations, restaurants, Catholic churches and more, from metro Detroit to west Michigan, Upper Peninsula mining towns to mid-Michigan and beyond.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Jia founded the Pingyao International Film Festival in his home province of Shanxi, choosing the ancient city over modern metropolises like Beijing or Shanghai.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
28 Sep. 2025
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While outsiders may imagine Hollywood’s superficial glamour, Herzog sees a metropolis teeming with artists, writers and inventors.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Exurb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exurb. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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