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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 He was raised by Jamaican immigrants in the Atlanta suburbs in the 1990s and early 2000s. — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 Proposition 50 expanded the Republican share of the 7th District electorate by adding Placerville and GOP-leaning suburbs to the northeast. — Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Split-ticket test Democrats have spent years chipping away at Republican dominance in Atlanta’s close-in suburbs. — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 1 Sep. 2026 That’s the imaginary line that’s supposed to mark the divide between rural areas and Miami-Dade’s suburbs, where office complexes like the one Kelly wants would typically be allowed. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2026 As farming ebbed, the water stored in those reservoirs helped the area's cities and suburbs become one of the nation's fastest growing urban areas. — Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026 How influencers power Dearborn's food scene One of Detroit's major suburbs has become the land of viral food trends. — Detroit Free Press, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2026 The real estate firm examines office markets in Charlotte and the surrounding suburbs. — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026 Food editors and staff writers spent months eating our way around Washington and the Maryland and Virginia suburbs in pursuit of dishes that are both delicious and representative of our region's exciting, diverse dining scene. — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2026

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The coastal towns of Calpe and Dénia, where every winter almost all of professional cycling’s teams are based for their pre-season training camps, are 25 miles away.

— Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Best Apparel Deals The right apparel can make long days on the trail, at the campsite, or exploring nearby towns far more comfortable, and REI’s Labor Day Sale includes it all.

— Kaitlin Marks, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2026

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Others are already moving confidently through modern cities, studying, working and shaping lives increasingly separate from traditional expectations.

— PhotoVogue, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026
Despite their apparent effectiveness at deterring speeding, cities have been slow to embrace rest in red.

— Jeff McMurray, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

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