as in town
an community near a larger city
a small suburb outside of Dallas
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Recent Examples of suburb
In the Allentown suburb of South Whitehall Township, community members are scrutinizing Atlas Industrial Data Center, a six-building, 5-million-square-foot-plus data center complex set to be built across the street from a high school, prompting concern from local residents.
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Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
The character that inspired Power Ballad was a 40-something dad in a Dublin suburb that the director happened to spot one day.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
Set the scene Tucked in Mumbai’s western suburb of Sahar, just minutes from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Fairmont Mumbai rises like a stark-white Deco dream.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
As soon as the fighting began, Israel ordered the evacuation of most of southern Lebanon, and within days, more than 1 million refugees poured into Beirut and other parts of the country from the south and the southern suburbs of the capital.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
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Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
The character that inspired Power Ballad was a 40-something dad in a Dublin suburb that the director happened to spot one day.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
Set the scene Tucked in Mumbai’s western suburb of Sahar, just minutes from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Fairmont Mumbai rises like a stark-white Deco dream.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
As soon as the fighting began, Israel ordered the evacuation of most of southern Lebanon, and within days, more than 1 million refugees poured into Beirut and other parts of the country from the south and the southern suburbs of the capital.
—Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suburb
Noun
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The story is set in 2013, in a town in an unnamed New England state.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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Boasting 37 miles of pure electric power, the NX450h+ certainly succeeds for consumers looking to float around town.—
Marc D Grasso,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2026
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To close out a busy Day 2, the Steelers selected a mauling guard with a mullet, who will come to a city where that haircut never went out of style.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of former President Islam Karimov, is behind bars in Uzbekistan as the trial opens in a Swiss federal criminal court in the southern city of Bellinzona.—
Jamey Keaten,
Fortune,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Suburb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suburb. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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