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exurb

[ek-serb, eg-zerb]

noun

  1. a small, usually prosperous, community situated beyond the suburbs of a city.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of exurb1

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55; ex- 1 + (sub)urb
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Example Sentences

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Today, the population of this Atlanta exurb, 45 miles northwest of the city, is 280,000—more than 10 times as many people as lived there just 40 years ago.

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“This is where I grew up,” conservative activist Deborah Flora pointedly stated as Boebert scribbled notes alongside her at a breakfast forum in Castle Rock, a fast-growing exurb on the far edge of Denver’s sprawling metropolitan area.

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Hayward is an exurb of San Francisco, much like South Orange is an exurb of New York, and costs are comparable, he said.

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The second season, set in an unglamorous Southern California exurb and starring Colin Farrell, Taylor Kitsch, Rachel McAdams and Vince Vaughn, made a smaller, grimmer splash, as did the third season, which starred Mahershala Ali and Stephen Dorff and relocated the action to the Ozarks.

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Growing up in the Pittsburgh exurb of McKees Rock, Hamlin was the recipient of a scholarship that allowed him to attend Central Catholic High School.

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