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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Comedically speaking, the excesses of suburbia are low-hanging fruit, but Ms. Maum finds a few new targets—she describes one would-be master of the universe as “the kind of man who seared steak with his initials.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Football came to Armstrong, via a television set, in suburbia.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 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
Even if suburbia isn’t the same stronghold for the retailer as it once was, it’s still generating interest.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
London approached, villages giving way to towns giving way to unbroken tracts of suburbia.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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