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suburbs

noun

plural of suburb

as in towns

an community near a larger city a small suburb outside of Dallas

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Recent Examples of suburbs 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 Despite her Midwestern appeal, Williams touts her New York bona fides as a product of the neighboring suburbs. — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026 From there, class strikes, blockades and demonstrations spread to other Paris suburbs and then nationwide, even in smaller towns. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026 That's because after World War II, as suburbs exploded, cities across the country mandated bigger and bigger lot sizes for single-family homes only. — Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026 On that Tuesday in 1976 in Atlanta’s northwestern suburbs, the school celebrated the nation’s upcoming bicentennial. — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026 From the interstate to the eastern suburbs, Citrus Heights’ city council hopefuls are focused on Sunrise Mall. — Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Hastert lived his entire life in Chicago’s suburbs, primarily in the Yorkville area. — Michael Tarm, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

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For guests staying longer, the hotel can arrange activities including truffle hunts, seasonal wine harvest experiences, and tours of nearby towns and historical sites.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
From there, class strikes, blockades and demonstrations spread to other Paris suburbs and then nationwide, even in smaller towns.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026

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The installation will include about 100 postcards by the Postbox Ghana collective depicting tropical modernist architectural buildings in cities such as Accra, Kumasi and Takoradi.

— Gameli Hamelo, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
The town was named in the top 75 safest midsize cities in the country, according to a SmartAsset study earlier this year.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

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