as in outskirts
the districts adjacent to a city
the migration of families to suburbia and the resulting disintegration of inner-city neighborhoods
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Recent Examples of suburbia
Sarandos may know streaming but may not actually know how most of American suburbia works.
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Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2026
The horrors of suburbia are no match for a concerned neighbor like Keke Palmer in ‘The Burbs.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
Democrats see wins in battle for suburbia While some Democratic strongholds buttressed by working class voters have grown redder, the suburbs north of Indianapolis appear to be trending in the opposite direction.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 23 Oct. 2025
Saft comes from Levittown, Long Island, the prototype for conformist, white-picketed American suburbia.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2026
The horrors of suburbia are no match for a concerned neighbor like Keke Palmer in ‘The Burbs.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
Democrats see wins in battle for suburbia While some Democratic strongholds buttressed by working class voters have grown redder, the suburbs north of Indianapolis appear to be trending in the opposite direction.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 23 Oct. 2025
Saft comes from Levittown, Long Island, the prototype for conformist, white-picketed American suburbia.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for suburbia
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“Suburbia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suburbia. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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