as in towns
an community near a larger city
a small suburb outside of Dallas
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Recent Examples of suburbs
Weather should dry out and warm up by Monday into all of next week with the return of 40s and 50s the the Mile High City and surrounding suburbs.
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Dave Aguilera, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
From the Dallas suburbs and the gorgeous Hill Country to the Texas Gulf Coast, the Lone Star State has something for every lifestyle and preference.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2026
In other states, old farms became suburbs and strip malls, but not in Vermont, where most old farms reverted to forest.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
Most of the state’s rental housing is concentrated in urban areas while suburbs and rural areas typically have single-family housing.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
About 5 miles south of the capital's southern suburbs, the Kahrizak Forensic Medical Center has offered perhaps the clearest sign of the crackdown's intensity.
—Marin Scott, NBC news, 14 Jan. 2026
At some point after the shooting, police say Neves Valente traveled to the Boston suburbs and killed Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Nuno Loureiro near his Brookline home.
—Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2026
There are five other locations in the Milwaukee suburbs, including in Mequon, Pewaukee, Brookfield, Greendale and Oak Creek.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 13 Jan. 2026
Goodbye to a Republican-leaning district Kiley now represents a huge Republican-heavy district that stretches from the Sacramento suburbs east to the Nevada line and down to Death Valley.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 13 Jan. 2026
Dave Aguilera, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
From the Dallas suburbs and the gorgeous Hill Country to the Texas Gulf Coast, the Lone Star State has something for every lifestyle and preference.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2026
In other states, old farms became suburbs and strip malls, but not in Vermont, where most old farms reverted to forest.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
Most of the state’s rental housing is concentrated in urban areas while suburbs and rural areas typically have single-family housing.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
About 5 miles south of the capital's southern suburbs, the Kahrizak Forensic Medical Center has offered perhaps the clearest sign of the crackdown's intensity.
—Marin Scott, NBC news, 14 Jan. 2026
At some point after the shooting, police say Neves Valente traveled to the Boston suburbs and killed Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Nuno Loureiro near his Brookline home.
—Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2026
There are five other locations in the Milwaukee suburbs, including in Mequon, Pewaukee, Brookfield, Greendale and Oak Creek.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 13 Jan. 2026
Goodbye to a Republican-leaning district Kiley now represents a huge Republican-heavy district that stretches from the Sacramento suburbs east to the Nevada line and down to Death Valley.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 13 Jan. 2026
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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Those cities and others represent markets the PFL believes has spending power, media interest and passionate fan bases hungry for live combat sports.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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International artists are increasingly adding multiple Indian cities to their tour schedules, aided by digital platforms that make their work more accessible to fan bases across the country.—
Shreya Ghosal,Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Suburbs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suburbs. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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