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 Fast-growing suburbs have been built in the forest, raising California-style questions about housing expansion deeper into fire-prone wildlands. — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026 Fans crowded with journalists outside a Paris hotel as the Grammy-winning star settled in to prepare her residency of 16 shows in September and October at the Plenitude Arena in the French capital's western suburbs. — Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026 Willow Lake Plantation in Brentwood The ‘Queen of Country’ claimed her throne in Brentwood, a suburb of Nashville. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 29 Aug. 2026 In March, a man attacked Temple Israel synagogue in a Detroit suburb, ramming his car into the building and opening fire on a security guard before dying by suicide. — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for suburb

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Her body was found Monday morning in the waters near Hagley Landing, a boat ramp leading to the Waccamaw River in the small town of Pawleys Island, South Carolina, following an extensive search involving hundreds of people and multiple agencies.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026
In her latest book, Stay Buried, siblings new to a remote Vermont town discover that the locals live in fear of a vengeful spirit.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 2 Sep. 2026