as in town
an community near a larger city
a small suburb outside of Dallas
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Recent Examples of suburb
About 20 miles northeast of Austin, Pflugerville is a thriving suburb with German heritage, which is celebrated at the yearly Deutschen Pfest.
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Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2025
He was born in 1989 in Canada and grew up with his sister, born in 1986, in Markham, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto.
—Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
Savage’s Bakery & Deli Homewood, Alabama Named for its founder, William Savage, this legendary bakery was originally opened on Highland Avenue in Birmingham in 1939, and moved to its current location in Homewood (a suburb) in the 1950s.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2025
Just days after kids around Minnesota were opening Halloween candy, the Minnesota Wild got an early holiday present on a Friday in the New York City suburbs.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
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Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2025
He was born in 1989 in Canada and grew up with his sister, born in 1986, in Markham, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto.
—Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
Savage’s Bakery & Deli Homewood, Alabama Named for its founder, William Savage, this legendary bakery was originally opened on Highland Avenue in Birmingham in 1939, and moved to its current location in Homewood (a suburb) in the 1950s.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2025
Just days after kids around Minnesota were opening Halloween candy, the Minnesota Wild got an early holiday present on a Friday in the New York City suburbs.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suburb
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In Leadville, truckloads of snow are plowed up from other parts of town and dumped onto Harrison Avenue for the weekendlong event that boasts an atypical co-mingling of ranchers and skiers.—
Cari Shane,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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Alternatively, if your town has a waste collection facility, feel free to drop them off there instead.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Nov. 2025
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Morning wind chills in both cities could sit in the lower to mid-20s, but Chicago’s setup is uniquely volatile because of how the Arctic air is interacting with the warm lake.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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At least 15 cities and counties, including Conway and Sherwood, have ballot measures ranging from bond issues for municipal construction to sales tax renewals.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Suburb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suburb. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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