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Recent Examples of suburbanite
Hamm plays a suburbanite who steals from his wealthy New York neighbors to maintain his upper-crust lifestyle.
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ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
The film, which brings back Bob Odenkirk as a typical suburbanite who racks up a serious body count when not driving a minivan, is projected to earn between $10 million to $12 million from 3,200 North American theaters.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
Kevin Nealon played Doug Wilson, a weed-loving suburbanite who gets tangled up in Nancy's drug business.
—Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
The film, which brings back Bob Odenkirk as a typical suburbanite who racks up a serious body count when not driving a minivan, is projected to earn between $10 million to $12 million from 3,200 North American theaters.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
Kevin Nealon played Doug Wilson, a weed-loving suburbanite who gets tangled up in Nancy's drug business.
—Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suburbanite
Noun
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Vanoven urged residents to stay home as crews worked the active scene, warning that downed power lines and debris would be harder to see after dark.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
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On Saturday, smoke drifted farther inland, with some residents reporting ash falling onto vehicles and property.—
Steve Maugeri,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
Noun
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Young urbanites here were more likely than under-30s anywhere else to rate their city as an ideal environment to make friends.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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For a book that focused on Black and brown urbanites with Caribbean and Latine connections, my playlist artists included Sade, Beyoncé, Rubén Blades, Kaytranada, La India, Luther Vandross, H.E.R., Gloria Estefan, Bad Bunny and more, some of whom are directly referenced on the page.—
Clarence A. Haynes
July 3,
Literary Hub,
3 July 2025
Noun
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The simple knowing haunts the home dweller, as eventually, all of the unseen areas have to be addressed.—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
18 June 2026
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Tautog Like sheepshead, this Northeast and Mid-Atlantic wreck and reef dweller is highly adept at taking a piece of crab or clam off your hook before the tug even triggers your brain to swing.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
17 June 2026
Noun
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Here, Sue Brown, left, of Athens, and Ann Massenburg, of Macon, law students, cuddle four of the tree-trunk inhabitants, which seem none too impressed.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
18 June 2026
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The company's goal for Mars is so large that Musk won't get a bonus of restricted shares unless SpaceX establishes a colony on the planet with more than 1 million inhabitants.—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
15 June 2026
Noun
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In all, five RVs were destroyed in the fire but all occupants staying at the park made it out safely with no injuries reported.—
Terra Sullivan,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
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Two occupants had opened fire before fleeing the scene, police said.—
Deanese Williams-Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
Noun
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Federal immigration officials are urging New York authorities not to release a 59-year-old Salvadoran national accused of raping a 16-year-old girl on Long Island, warning that he should be turned over to ICE if released from local custody.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
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Herdman found success in part by making the recruitment of dual nationals a priority, starting four of them — including Alphonso Davies, who immigrated to Canada from a refugee camp in Ghana — in Qatar.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
Noun
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One of those new habitants, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced last week, was Lily Pond in Long Island.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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The country was a communication desert, with a tele-density (a key metric of economic development) languishing at 0.4 lines per 100 habitants.—
Kamal Ahmed,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Suburbanite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suburbanite. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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