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Recent Examples of exurbia
Rendered in acrylic, water and pencil, Marie Ringwald’s unpopulated slice of exurbia can be seen as either calm or edgy.
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Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2021
It’s the latest sign that metro Detroit’s construction of entry-level housing, which once surged only in townships at the edge of sprawling exurbia, has returned with vigor to the region’s core — Detroit’s inner-ring suburbs.
—Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 16 Nov. 2020
Kent Eken and David Tomassoni, both from Greater Minnesota; Republicans Roger Chamberlain, Karin Housley and Warren Limmer, all representing exurbia; and Rochester Republicans Carla Nelson and David Senjem.
—Star Tribune, 13 Nov. 2020
The film quality is slightly grainy, the color washed out, as shots of Vegas exurbia streak past.
—Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 10 July 2020
Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2021
It’s the latest sign that metro Detroit’s construction of entry-level housing, which once surged only in townships at the edge of sprawling exurbia, has returned with vigor to the region’s core — Detroit’s inner-ring suburbs.
—Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 16 Nov. 2020
Kent Eken and David Tomassoni, both from Greater Minnesota; Republicans Roger Chamberlain, Karin Housley and Warren Limmer, all representing exurbia; and Rochester Republicans Carla Nelson and David Senjem.
—Star Tribune, 13 Nov. 2020
The film quality is slightly grainy, the color washed out, as shots of Vegas exurbia streak past.
—Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 10 July 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exurbia
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Virginia‘s countryside is dotted with traditional farmhouses and manors, but one in the foothills of the Southwest Mountains has been given a contemporary twist by a New York architect.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Monster of Florence is a name coined by Mario Spezi, a former crime reporter for Italy's La Nazione, for a serial killer that terrorized the countryside outside Florence, Italy, between 1968 and 1985.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 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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“Exurbia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exurbia. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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