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 Marsha Blackburn Marsha Blackburn, the Republican governor-elect of Tennessee, can move to a 10-acre estate in Nashville’s Oak Hill suburb. — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 6 Nov. 2026 For viewers of a certain age, Morley’s film reflects exactly what that would mean for a young girl in the doldrum suburbs at a time when James Callaghan was the country’s drab center-right Labour prime minister and unemployment was over 5%. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026 Although many districts remained uncalled, Democrats were projected to win about 250 seats in the House of Representatives, a massive landslide pickup of about 40 seats or more, including Lawler’s NY-17 district in the northern NYC suburbs. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 5 Nov. 2026 Costello is from Medford, a Boston suburb, and played his final three high school seasons at The Newman School, which is only about a 15-minute drive from TD Garden. — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 5 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for suburb

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Noun

But visitors can also expect an unrivalled food scene, a thriving nightlife, world-class museums, unique architecture and a medieval old town that entices you to just keep wandering.

— Jaymi McCann, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026
The attack occurred Sunday night in Planadas, a town in Tolima province, where unidentified assailants fired rockets made from gas cylinders at a military base, according to Planadas Mayor Juan Camilo Hueje.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of town

Noun

The strike culminated in workers and average citizens gathering in downtown Barcelona and Madrid, along with protests in other cities.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026
Phone and email messages seeking comment were left with the architect, property owner and general contractor listed in city records as being associated with the construction project.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026