as in towns
an community near a larger city
a small suburb outside of Dallas
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Recent Examples of suburbs
He was first elected to the House in 1992, and now represents an inland district stretching from the southern Riverside suburbs to Palm Springs.
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David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 7 Nov. 2025
Just days after kids around Minnesota were opening Halloween candy, the Minnesota Wild got an early holiday present on a Friday in the New York City suburbs.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
Train Queensland Rail’s network is fast, clean, and reliable, linking the city to the airport, suburbs, and coastal escapes like the Gold and Sunshine Coasts.
—Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
From Phoenix suburbs to remote rural areas, access to affordable oral care remains a stubborn challenge—and new data shows the problem is getting worse.
—Sixteen Ramos, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Throughout the 1950s, as private developers rapidly constructed new suburbs, school districts in Nassau County, where Levittown is located, increased their debt load by sixfold to meet the needs of their new residents.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
The most obvious example is a district that stretches from the heavily Republican northeastern corner of the state to the northern suburbs of San Francisco, seemingly made to order for Mike McGuire, the outgoing president pro tem of the state Senate.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
Sydney’s 100 or so north-side suburbs boast a population of almost one million, according to Australian data analytics company Pexa Group’s demographics platform Informed Decisions.
—Patty Huntington, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
Lows will fall into the 30s with values at or below freezing across the northern & western suburbs of Baltimore/Washington DC.
—Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 7 Nov. 2025
Just days after kids around Minnesota were opening Halloween candy, the Minnesota Wild got an early holiday present on a Friday in the New York City suburbs.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
Train Queensland Rail’s network is fast, clean, and reliable, linking the city to the airport, suburbs, and coastal escapes like the Gold and Sunshine Coasts.
—Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
From Phoenix suburbs to remote rural areas, access to affordable oral care remains a stubborn challenge—and new data shows the problem is getting worse.
—Sixteen Ramos, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Throughout the 1950s, as private developers rapidly constructed new suburbs, school districts in Nassau County, where Levittown is located, increased their debt load by sixfold to meet the needs of their new residents.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
The most obvious example is a district that stretches from the heavily Republican northeastern corner of the state to the northern suburbs of San Francisco, seemingly made to order for Mike McGuire, the outgoing president pro tem of the state Senate.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
Sydney’s 100 or so north-side suburbs boast a population of almost one million, according to Australian data analytics company Pexa Group’s demographics platform Informed Decisions.
—Patty Huntington, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
Lows will fall into the 30s with values at or below freezing across the northern & western suburbs of Baltimore/Washington DC.
—Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suburbs
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Safety and health worries have long surrounded landfills in many cities and towns in the Philippines, especially ones near poor communities whose residents scavenge for junk and leftover food in the garbage heaps, the AP points out.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Local mountain towns bank on the cold-weather months to generate the bulk of their business for the year, and snow is the key ingredient to a successful winter season.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
8 Jan. 2026
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Elsewhere, protesters torched government buildings in cities, including Lumar in Ilam province.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Safety and health worries have long surrounded landfills in many cities and towns in the Philippines, especially ones near poor communities whose residents scavenge for junk and leftover food in the garbage heaps, the AP points out.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Suburbs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suburbs. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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