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
The hilariously surreal visual of 17 children stampeding through suburbia like a herd of angry elephants with murderous intent required some clever cinematic trickery.
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Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Hogan starred as intergalactic warrior Shep Ramsey, forced to lie low in American suburbia after a spaceship crash-landed in the action comedy.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 25 July 2025
What once were massive chunks of desert have now transitioned to stucco-beige suburbia.
—Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 3 July 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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Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Hogan starred as intergalactic warrior Shep Ramsey, forced to lie low in American suburbia after a spaceship crash-landed in the action comedy.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 25 July 2025
What once were massive chunks of desert have now transitioned to stucco-beige suburbia.
—Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 3 July 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 30 Oct. 2025.
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