Thesaurus results for SUBURB

suburb

noun

Definition of suburb

as in town

an community near a larger city a small suburb outside of Dallas

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Recent Examples of suburb The victim was identified as 79-year-old John Francis Oliver of Henderson, Nevada, a suburb of Las Vegas, the Tulare County Sheriff's Office said, according to Your Central Valley. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 27 July 2026 The suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride attack that left one person dead and 29 injured was shot and killed by police during a confrontation on Sunday in a suburb of the city, authorities said. — Geir Moulson, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026 According to a news release from El Salvador’s Ministry of Culture, a pre-Hispanic burial site was found in Antiguo Cuscatlán, a suburb of San Salvador, earlier this month. — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026 The suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride attack that left one person dead and 29 injured was shot and killed by police during a confrontation Sunday in a suburb of the capital, authorities said. — Geir Moulson, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for suburb

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Noun

The kind who drive across town for the right crust and aren't afraid to wait for it.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
For several candidates, those visions involve building out transit networks within Jackson County in order to connect the cities and towns scattered east of Kansas City.

— Ilana Arougheti July 30, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026

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Noun

Originally from Buenos Aires, Celeste got her first passport at three years old, and has lived in 10 cities across seven countries and five continents.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
At the same candidate forum, Lake said that employment opportunities tend to be clustered in larger cities across Jackson County, putting candidates further east at a disadvantage when looking for jobs.

— Ilana Arougheti July 30, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026