suburbs
- plural of suburb.
Example Sentences
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Whether you were in France, the Sahara Desert or Chile, the sky "would no longer be clear, resembling instead the sky seen in the suburbs of a city," he warned.
From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026
In suburbs including Philadelphia’s Main Line, moms and dads are pleading with districts to rein in tech: “These electronics have ruined parenting.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
For Kaneko, 25, who lives in the Tokyo suburbs, it was the perfect encapsulation of American grandeur.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026
As a Black kid growing up in the Michigan suburbs in the ’90s, my K-12 education on slavery was like that of many other Americans — both concise and, to put it mildly, imprecise.
From Salon • Jun. 19, 2026
Everybody knows Supreme lives in the suburbs now.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
