'burbs
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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“There is a mocktail menu pretty much everywhere we go, whether we are eating dinner in the city, the ’burbs, or we spend summers in Montauk,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2024
“It is the 1st Asian ethnoburb: an ethnic enclave in the ‘burbs that thrives b/c it refuses to assimilate, instead unapologetically catering to its own immigrant community.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2023
It will have to be something more creative than letting gridlock swallow the metropolis as residents avoid transit or flee for the ’burbs.
From Slate ● May 13, 2020
It’s been common knowledge for years that the best dim-sum parlors are in the ’burbs, maybe in a shopping mall in Wheaton or a strip center in Falls Church.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 2019
I suppose I could very well end up in the 'burbs, one day.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2018
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