exurbs

plural of exurb

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Noun
  • California’s 40th Congressional District is a sprawling region southeast of Los Angeles that stretches across Orange County suburbs, parts of Riverside County, and mountain communities along the Santa Ana range.
    Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 3 June 2026
  • Now, events take place in big cities, suburbs and small towns around the world.
    Geoff Mulvihill, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Fans spotted billboards in many cities, including Chicago, London, Dallas and Nashville.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 5 June 2026
  • That discretion could help explain why some cities, including Miami, Hialeah and Doral, report relatively few immigration encounters or, in some cases, no immigration arrests.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • Sunday fell on the Catholic Corpus Domini feast day, which often features processions of faithful through towns and cities led by a priest carrying the Eucharist.
    Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
  • The shooting spree began Sunday morning at a gas station in Kochav Yair on the Israeli-West Bank border and moved to nearby towns, including Salit in the West Bank.
    Robert Blankenship, The Washington Examiner, 7 June 2026
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“Exurbs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exurbs. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.

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