as in towns
an community near a larger city
a small suburb outside of Dallas
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Recent Examples of suburbs
Spungen, meanwhile, was born in 1958 and grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs.
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Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
Excessive lighting is a common feature of cities, suburbs and urban towns.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 6 May 2026
The bills do not require developers to build affordable, accessible housing on a statewide basis and the SSMMA says developers have long shunned certain communities in the south suburbs, in Chicago and historically Black and brown communities.
—Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
Now some Chicago suburbs are cracking down on where and how they can be used.
—Jermont Terry, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Congressional District, which stretches across much of Atlanta’s eastern suburbs.
—Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 1 May 2026
In turn, some housing advocates insist that Vessel’s critics — especially in affluent suburbs with restrictive zoning — are merely practicing NIMBYism in disguise, conjuring up hypothetical or far-fetched traffic or groundwater threats to justify refusing zoning permits.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2026
The Concepción suburbs most affected by the blaze are a hot spot for loose building regulations and informal and rented housing, said Alvaro Hofflinger, a social vulnerability expert at Arizona State University who grew up in Chile.
—Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Alaíde Costa steps out of the Rio suburbs and into the birth of Bossa Nova, standing beside João Gilberto, Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes.
—Roberto Prieto, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
Excessive lighting is a common feature of cities, suburbs and urban towns.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 6 May 2026
The bills do not require developers to build affordable, accessible housing on a statewide basis and the SSMMA says developers have long shunned certain communities in the south suburbs, in Chicago and historically Black and brown communities.
—Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
Now some Chicago suburbs are cracking down on where and how they can be used.
—Jermont Terry, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Congressional District, which stretches across much of Atlanta’s eastern suburbs.
—Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 1 May 2026
In turn, some housing advocates insist that Vessel’s critics — especially in affluent suburbs with restrictive zoning — are merely practicing NIMBYism in disguise, conjuring up hypothetical or far-fetched traffic or groundwater threats to justify refusing zoning permits.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2026
The Concepción suburbs most affected by the blaze are a hot spot for loose building regulations and informal and rented housing, said Alvaro Hofflinger, a social vulnerability expert at Arizona State University who grew up in Chile.
—Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Alaíde Costa steps out of the Rio suburbs and into the birth of Bossa Nova, standing beside João Gilberto, Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes.
—Roberto Prieto, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suburbs
Noun
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The warning applies to residents of 11 towns and villages in southern Lebanon, according to Reuters, telling them to evacuate their homes and move at least 3,300 feet away to open areas.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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The original parchment was rolled up and stored in the office of the secretary of the Continental Congress, but was then moved around a fair amount during the war—bouncing around towns and cities in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New Jersey before ending up, in 1785, in New York.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
Noun
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The organization also is collaborating with the Arbor Day Foundation to plant 12,00 trees in the 16 host cities.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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The app allows for remote collaboration, so additional doctors, consultants, or even medical students in other rooms or cities can beam in and observe every cut and stitch, as if through his eyes.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Suburbs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suburbs. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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