exurb

noun

Definition of exurbnext
as in suburb

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Recent Examples of exurb And given that popular exurbs are already 30-to-50 miles from city centers, is that even possible? — Mark Dent, HubSpot, 29 May 2026 What made Walmart choose this particular exurb outside Dallas for a major store opening and author event? — John Hope Bryant, Time, 28 May 2026 Tucked amid the rolling hills of Solano County, halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento, this working-class exurb of roughly 103,000 residents has a reputation for being family-oriented, affordable and inclusive. — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2026 Two candidates are competing to become the next mayor of Grain Valley, the fast-growing exurb on the eastern end of the Kansas City Metro. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for exurb
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  1. suburb
  2. suburbia
  3. city
  4. town
  5. metropolis
Noun
  • On Tuesday, climate and social justice activist Greta Thunberg joined students at a high school in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Alexandros Paporakis, of Palatine, was arrested on Sunday after allegedly plotting to open fire at a Hindu temple in Aurora, a suburb of Chicago, Palatine Police said at a news conference on Thursday.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of suburb
Noun
  • Environmental damage, plastic waste and the conformity of suburbia prompted designers and countercultural communities to imagine other ways of living — up to a point.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Season 1 of the mystery comedy, inspired by the 1989 horror-comedy film of the same name and set in present-day suburbia, follows a young couple who have reluctantly relocated to the husband’s childhood home.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of suburbia
Noun
  • Across industries, big cities, and small towns, working people are struggling.
    — Liz Shuler, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Officials and activists in the overwhelmingly Democratic city say the deployment is a waste of taxpayer money and has normalized the militarization of a major American city.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of city
Noun
  • The conclusion of the state's investigation into the shooting death of Kohen Wiley follows months of mourning and calls for justice, both nationally and in the small town where the shooting took place, about 40 miles south of Memphis.
    — SOPHIE BATES, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Southwold is one of Britain’s affluent seaside getaway towns, filled with Range Rovers and sunburned Londoners.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of town
Noun
  • In it, Tomlin takes viewers through a virtual metropolis complete with high-rise apartments, a speakeasy, an aquarium, and a baseball stadium.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The game is set in the fictional cyberpunk metropolis of Night City in California, within the dystopian Cyberpunk universe.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of metropolis

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