Examples of suburbia in a Sentence
a problem that is common in suburbia
the percentage of the country's population living in suburbia
The film is an interesting critique of suburbia.
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The actor got his start on Family Ties, an '80s sitcom about the Keaton family, whose matriarch and patriarch were once 1960s radicals now attempting to raise their Reagan-era children in suburbia.
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Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
Get an exclusive look at Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor defending suburbia against dinosaurs in The End of Oak Street.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026
Over time, the pond filled with bass and bluegill and became a magnet for wildlife — blue herons, cranes, geese, mallards, and the kind of nighttime soundtrack that makes the place feel far removed from suburbia.
—David Caraccio
may 23, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2026
But at a time when Silicon Valley is currently abuzz about orbital data centers and ocean-going AI data centers, data center nodes embedded in suburbia may stand on more solid footing—at least until homeowner associations catch wind of them.
—Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 12 May 2026
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Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
Get an exclusive look at Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor defending suburbia against dinosaurs in The End of Oak Street.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026
Over time, the pond filled with bass and bluegill and became a magnet for wildlife — blue herons, cranes, geese, mallards, and the kind of nighttime soundtrack that makes the place feel far removed from suburbia.
—David Caraccio
may 23, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2026
But at a time when Silicon Valley is currently abuzz about orbital data centers and ocean-going AI data centers, data center nodes embedded in suburbia may stand on more solid footing—at least until homeowner associations catch wind of them.
—Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 12 May 2026
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“Suburbia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suburbia. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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suburbia
noun
sub·ur·bia
sə-ˈbər-bē-ə 
: the suburbs of a city
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