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 Ballout was shot and killed by police during a confrontation on Sunday in a suburb of the city, authorities said. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026 The Kansas suburb has ranked high in the list of 182 cities in the past, coming in fifth in 2025, second in 2024 and fourth in 2023. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026 The group also produced a ground delivery robot called Dot that can be found in a clutch of Phoenix suburbs (Tempe, Mesa, Gilbert, and Chandler) and in a portion of Fremont, California. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 30 July 2026 Some 60,000 people who had been evacuated from three suburbs of the city of Bordeaux, to the east, were given the go-ahead to return on Tuesday. — CBS News, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for suburb

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Noun

Across town in Buckhead, 70-year-old Scott Toberman spends five days a week chasing pickleballs across the court, often competing against opponents decades younger.

— Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Drones struck the nearby town of Al-Burj Al-Shamali, which was subsequently hit by a strike from a fighter jet, NNA said on Thursday, adding that people were seen fleeing toward Tyre.

— Todd Symons, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of town

Noun

Boston community and city leaders say new safety measures are rolling out this week, after recent alarming violence in Downtown Boston around Boston Common and Downtown Crossing.

— Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
For decades Memphis, the most populous city in Shelby County, formed the base of its own congressional district.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026