suburbanite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of suburbanite
Example Sentences
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Pearlman was initially the classic O.C. suburbanite, preferring to focus on the good life instead of local matters.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2025
“I was a suburbanite kid who got a dose of exposure to what was happening to black Americans in my own city.”
From Washington Times • Jul. 25, 2023
To prep for the wealthy, intentionally oblivious suburbanite whose life unravels at a startling pace after her husband dies, Britton watched “The Real Housewives of New Jersey.”
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2023
She added that as her children grew up and learned who they wanted to be in life, “I learned who I wasn’t — one of those card-playing, country-club suburbanite ladies.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2021
They wouldn’t even recognize Megan the happily married suburbanite.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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