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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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Just last week, during the No Kings rally at the Boston Common, Campbell directly asked state residents to utilize the portal in order for her office to carry out prosecutions of federal agents.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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What Alkassar, who lives on South Beach, does hope to do is lure not only Miami Beach residents and tourists but locals who have in recent times proved reluctant to cross the bridges from the mainland.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 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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Still, Ookla editorial director Sue Marek suspects some urban dwellers are adopting Starlink partly due to dissatisfaction with traditional ISPs.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
9 Apr. 2026
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The buildings and bridges in cities become home to bats, birds, and other urban dwellers, at the cost of learning to use more natural nesting sites.—
Daniel T. Blumstein,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Utah’s canyon country has always been a source of rejuvenation and connection for me — the kaleidoscope of rocks, raucous pinyon jays, the legacy of millennia of inhabitants.—
Stephen Trimble,
Denver Post,
8 Apr. 2026
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Four inhabitants seemed inconceivable.—
David W. Brown,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Another occupant was uninjured, fire officials said.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Apr. 2026
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The clip later showed police escorting the car's occupants from the pond to shore.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Michigan couple, both US nationals, have been sailing together for more than a decade, documenting their life at sea across social media.—
Martin Goillandeau,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2026
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Two Emirati nationals and one Indian national sustained minor injuries.—
Will Clark,
NBC news,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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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In Les habitants, Depardon outfits a camper-trailer with mics and cameras and hits the French highways, parking in various locations around the country and inviting a range of people—teenagers and the elderly, single people and couples, parents and children—inside simply to talk.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Suburbanite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suburbanite. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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