suburbia
Americannoun
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suburbs collectively.
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suburbanites collectively.
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the social or cultural aspects of life in the suburbs.
noun
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suburbs or the people living in them considered as an identifiable community or class in society
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the life, customs, etc, of suburbanites
Etymology
Origin of suburbia
Example Sentences
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Environmental damage, plastic waste and the conformity of suburbia prompted designers and countercultural communities to imagine other ways of living — up to a point.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The Jaecoo 7, pitched to suburbia as an adventure-ready SUV, was launched in January 2025 in the ballroom of a fancy hotel off Windsor Great Park, near King Charles III’s historic castle west of London.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
“When we create a modern suburbia with fragmented parks and green space, we do a pretty good job at creating mosquito habitat,” Norris said.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
“You might all of a sudden find yourself in suburbia and there is no one that you know or who looks like you,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 2026
It was flat, not many trees, the same dusty red-clay dirt and grass as Soweto but with proper houses and paved roads and a sense of suburbia to it.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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