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 Across the nation’s 21 biggest metropolitan areas, Los Angeles ranked first in price premium compared with suburbs, just edging out New York City, the data showed. — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 Bracco would somehow convince the owner of the Montana deli, Matt Benzel, to bring his roster of rock-n-roll sandwiches to the KC suburbs in 2025. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026 Georgia’s early voting surge is fueled by a growing geographic divide, with voters in metro Atlanta’s suburbs and other more populous areas casting ballots well ahead of their 2022 pace while much of rural Georgia lags behind. — Charles Minshew, AJC.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Lows Friday night could fall into the 30s across many suburbs, with patchy frost possible north and west of Philadelphia. — Kate Bilo, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for suburb

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Noun

On March 21, 1937, a crowd of hundreds gathered in the southern Puerto Rican town of Ponce on Palm Sunday afternoon, preparing to march.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Long marches across the country also enabled the students to voice their cause in smaller towns and villages, where people were unaware of the protestors’ aims because of the state’s stranglehold on the media.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of town

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Four years ago, crowds filled the central square of this southern port city, draped in Ukrainian flags and hugging the troops who had ended months of Russian occupation.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
Over the next two years, Sguros allegedly personally paid property taxes and a water utility account while both remained in West’s name and used West’s identity on a city building permit application, the affidavit said.

— Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026