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From the exurbs of southern Yuba County to the posh suburbs surrounding Folsom Lake, there’s something for everyone’s budget.
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Ryan Lillis, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Pitney Bowes started its Indian operations long before the current wave, setting up in Noida, an exurb of New Delhi, and Pune, an industrial city near Mumbai.
—Alex Travelli, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Many of its workers live in D.C.'s surrounding suburbs and exurbs.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 8 Mar. 2025
An exurb of an exurb Anna, Texas, more than 45 miles north of downtown Dallas, is seeing the same kind of migration.
—Mike Schneider, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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Ryan Lillis, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Pitney Bowes started its Indian operations long before the current wave, setting up in Noida, an exurb of New Delhi, and Pune, an industrial city near Mumbai.
—Alex Travelli, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Many of its workers live in D.C.'s surrounding suburbs and exurbs.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 8 Mar. 2025
An exurb of an exurb Anna, Texas, more than 45 miles north of downtown Dallas, is seeing the same kind of migration.
—Mike Schneider, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exurb
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The popular race in Ontario switches from Exhibition Place in downtown Toronto to the northeast suburb of Markham, Ontario on August 16.—
Bruce Martin,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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As households demand faster speeds and more reliable service, fiber networks are expanding across cities, suburbs and even some rural areas.—
Roxanne Downer,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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Set in 1968 suburbia, Father of Us follows five siblings caught between their magnetic but reckless father and their radiant but overwhelmed mother.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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The hilariously surreal visual of 17 children stampeding through suburbia like a herd of angry elephants with murderous intent required some clever cinematic trickery.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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New residential property prices fell year-on-year during August in 65 out of 70 cities surveyed by the NBS, data also showed.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
15 Sep. 2025
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In cities such as Los Angeles, Miami, and New York, multilingualism is not an exception but more of a way of life.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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In Wisconsin, small town officials have unilaterally removed drop boxes or rejected voting machines, ignoring state guidance.—
Hannah Fried,
Time,
16 Sep. 2025
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There are many fantastic, atmospheric and snowbound mountain villages and towns to choose from across France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Germany to name just the major ski destinations.—
Duncan Madden,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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But Gorman also cautioned that even if the bold ideas put forth by Musk and Bezos are realized fully, with bustling metropolises constructed among the stars, humanity will eventually need to look back toward home.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Forget the opening of the Ohio and Erie Canal, which allowed the budding metropolis to become an industrial center.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Exurb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exurb. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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