exurban

[ek-sur-buhn, eg-zur-]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of exurbs or exurbanites.

Word History and Origins

Origin of exurban¹

First recorded in 1900–05; ex- ¹ + (sub)urban

Example Sentences

With the American West no longer lonely and unpopulated, the wind-scattered weeds have collided, quite literally, with the faux mansions and exurban retreats of transplants escaping the winter chill of New England or Canada.

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After all, if they try to get a desk job — assuming one is available in their rural or exurban community — they may feel they don’t have the education or training for it, and they may also be subject to age discrimination in the hiring process.

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“King of the Hill” camps out somewhere on the rich land between, acknowledging an exurban populace bound to a set of values supposed “elites” might scoff at.

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While the core of Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s downtown Dallas district was kept largely intact in the new map, Republicans want to dismantle the suburban Dallas district of Rep. Julie Johnson, D-Farmer’s Branch, pushing many of her voters into the exurban districts of her Republican neighbors.

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In April, Conor Dougherty wrote a story for the New York Times Magazine questioning the conventional wisdom of anti-sprawl, arguing that exurban development has been a vital escape valve for the nation’s failure to build enough infill housing.

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