suburb
noun
a district lying immediately outside a city or town, especially a smaller residential community.
suburbs
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pluralof suburb.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The franchise fled further and further from coastal cultural centers, shifting from the “Real World” of New York City and Chicago to the air-conditioned enclaves of New Jersey and the suburbs of Washington, D.C.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
They found a foothold in Elizabeth, N.J., where they joined a close-knit group of other Holocaust survivors who began building houses, and then entire neighborhoods, that formed post-war suburbs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
These days, his base as an immaculate office at the club's training ground in Taxham, part of Salzburg's suburbs.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
"I stayed in Russia for as long as I could," the anti-war politician told AFP from a hotel in the suburbs of Paris.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The players on the home team—a group of thirteen- and fourteen-year-old boys from the nearby Atlanta suburbs playing with the North Atlanta Soccer Association—gestured toward the sky with awe.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
