suburban
pertaining to, inhabiting, or being in a suburb or the suburbs of a city or town.
characteristic of a suburb or suburbs.
Origin of suburban
1word story For suburban
Other words from suburban
- sub·ur·ban·ism, noun
- non·sub·ur·ban, adjective, noun
- sem·i·sub·ur·ban, adjective
- un·sub·ur·ban, adjective
Words that may be confused with suburban
Words Nearby suburban
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How to use suburban in a sentence
Looking back at his childhood in suburban Michigan, the 37-year-old actor realizes he hasn’t been able to re-create that sense of security, either.
Cline’s stretch in federal prison related to events from 2004, according to an article in The Washington Post, when Cline was linked to at least 11 bank heists in suburban Maryland over one month.
Previously convicted bank robber allegedly hits new bank while under covert surveillance, gets arrested | Dan Morse | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostRacial-justice activists from Detroit Will Breathe worked alongside suburban women from Fems for Dems and local elected officials.
The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election | Molly Ball | February 4, 2021 | TimePost analysis of county-level data provided by the state shows that 82 percent of the Republicans who bailed on the party live in counties classified as “suburban or medium city” by the federal government.
Some Republicans are switching parties — but not many | Philip Bump, Lenny Bronner | January 27, 2021 | Washington Postsuburban counties in the Sun Belt also moved left in 2020, but unlike the Frost Belt, more suburban and exurban counties had been moving in the Democrats’ direction prior to this election.
How The Frost Belt And Sun Belt Illustrate The Complexity Of America’s Urban-Rural Divide | Geoffrey Skelley (geoffrey.skelley@abc.com) | January 27, 2021 | FiveThirtyEight
Set among the vacant houses of suburban New Mexico, the film offers a bleak perspective on the possibility of growth and renewal.
Three months of despair were ignited in suburban Missouri when officer Darren Wilson was told he would walk free.
At the same time though, I am a white male from a suburban upper-middle-class upbringing.
Much of urban America, particularly in places like Phoenix, Houston, and Las Vegas, is primarily suburban.
Much the same suburban swing can be seen in the critical senatorial races races where the Democrats lost seats.
The big gray sedan carrying Delancy and his pals, hit the suburban town at a scant seventy miles an hour.
It occurred to him then that it was entirely possible that the rob and kill boys had not left the suburban town at all.
But English suburban parlour-maids are on their guard against smiles, no matter how engaging.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeWe left London by the main highway, running for several miles through Epping Forest, which is really a great suburban park.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyApart from his suburban trip to Putney, we find the diarist chronicling journeys to and from Portsmouth.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. Harper
British Dictionary definitions for suburban
/ (səˈbɜːbən) /
of, relating to, situated in, or inhabiting a suburb or the suburbs
characteristic of or typifying a suburb or the suburbs
censorious narrow or unadventurous in outlook
another word for suburbanite
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