the suburbs
plural noun
: towns or other areas where people live in houses near a larger city
the suburbs of Chicago
also
: one of the suburbs of a city
She left the city and moved to the suburbs.
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This spurred collectors to acquire some organs from movie theaters that were being closed or sold as people shifted from watching movies downtown to watching TV at home in the suburbs.
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Heather Kathryn Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Other incumbents fared better in the suburbs Wednesday.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Read: The Black religion that’s been maligned for centuries
Benjamin begins his story in modern-day Brooklyn; his mother, Danielle, is visiting from the suburbs of Maryland.
—Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
The red wave that hit Miami-Dade County politics on Tuesday washed through the suburbs and nearly every city too, with President-elect Donald Trump improving his margins from deep-blue Miami Gardens to the conservative stronghold of Hialeah.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
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Heather Kathryn Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Other incumbents fared better in the suburbs Wednesday.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Read: The Black religion that’s been maligned for centuries
Benjamin begins his story in modern-day Brooklyn; his mother, Danielle, is visiting from the suburbs of Maryland.
—Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
The red wave that hit Miami-Dade County politics on Tuesday washed through the suburbs and nearly every city too, with President-elect Donald Trump improving his margins from deep-blue Miami Gardens to the conservative stronghold of Hialeah.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
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“The suburbs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20suburbs. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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