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 Most of those arrests were carried out in nearby suburbs, often at hotels. — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026 As a result, most of the country’s top players come from the banlieues, the working-class immigrant suburbs surrounding Paris. — Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026 Her parents owned a fine art gallery in Pasadena, a particularly artistic suburb east of Los Angeles at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains. — Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026 The Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder’s body was found on Saturday morning in a house in the Schotschekloof suburb of central Cape Town, where police have begun an investigation into his death, according to the BBC. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for suburb

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Noun

And waterfront towns like North Bay Village and Bay Harbor Islands that were once known as quiet working-class suburbs are getting facelifts with new ultra-luxury condo buildings.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
Once the eclipse ends, this rugged headland becomes an excellent place to watch the Perseids, with broad ocean views and little interference from nearby towns.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of town

Noun

Video released by Iranian state media shows patients being evacuated from Shahid Baghaei Hospital in Iran’s southwestern city of Ahvaz on Wednesday.

— Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Fulton currently participates in 12 TADs, Ellis explained, eight of which are inside Atlanta city limits.

— Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 16 July 2026