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
Wasson's saw growth in suburbia as an opportunity to branch out.
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Indianapolis Star, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
In Megan Abbott’s suburbia, there are always darker forces at play.
—Dwyer Murphy
june 6, Literary Hub, 6 June 2025
The Parenting opens with a flashback to 1983, on a quiet night in suburbia, where a mother (Kate Avallone) watches the final episode of M*A*S*H, a daughter (Chloe Sciore) fumes in her room and a son (Keith R. Beck) tries to avoid them both.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
The company capitalizes on Western wear and workwear’s widening appeal as fashion statements, and changing demographics and lifestyles as Americans flock from major cities to suburbia and countrified settings.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Indianapolis Star, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
In Megan Abbott’s suburbia, there are always darker forces at play.
—Dwyer Murphy
june 6, Literary Hub, 6 June 2025
The Parenting opens with a flashback to 1983, on a quiet night in suburbia, where a mother (Kate Avallone) watches the final episode of M*A*S*H, a daughter (Chloe Sciore) fumes in her room and a son (Keith R. Beck) tries to avoid them both.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025
The company capitalizes on Western wear and workwear’s widening appeal as fashion statements, and changing demographics and lifestyles as Americans flock from major cities to suburbia and countrified settings.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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 19 Sep. 2025.
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