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downtowns

noun

plural of downtown

as in suburbs

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Recent Examples of downtowns Traditional downtowns have really suffered, and these large shopping malls, like The Veranda, Santana Row … Streets of Brentwood … have really done a disservice to downtown districts. — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026

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suburbs

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Temperatures will fall into the upper 30s around Philadelphia, with lower to mid 30s possible in some of the colder northern and western suburbs.

— Bill Kelly, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Above Atlanta’s suburbs, Edwards and others were stuck for at least an hour.

— Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

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