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Recent Examples of exurb
Democrats roared back to roll up big wins in fast-growing suburbs and even some exurbs that are home to legions of affluent and highly educated voters.
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Dave Goldiner, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
In Anani, an exurb a dozen miles east of Abidjan, our cars left the highway and drove through sand and scrub to reach 2Africa’s beach manhole.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
Nick’s parents are divorced, and the panic attacks begin after Nick, having become incorrigible in adolescence, is ordered by his mom to go live with his dad in a subdivision called Chariot Courts, in Libertyville, Illinois, an exurb of Chicago.
—Emily Witt, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
Between the lines: More than ever, the area has become an extension of the Valley, with some of Phoenix's hottest exurbs, including Queen Creek, spanning the Maricopa and Pinal county lines.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
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Dave Goldiner, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
In Anani, an exurb a dozen miles east of Abidjan, our cars left the highway and drove through sand and scrub to reach 2Africa’s beach manhole.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
Nick’s parents are divorced, and the panic attacks begin after Nick, having become incorrigible in adolescence, is ordered by his mom to go live with his dad in a subdivision called Chariot Courts, in Libertyville, Illinois, an exurb of Chicago.
—Emily Witt, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
Between the lines: More than ever, the area has become an extension of the Valley, with some of Phoenix's hottest exurbs, including Queen Creek, spanning the Maricopa and Pinal county lines.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exurb
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The entrance to Valley View Elementary School in the Minneapolis suburb of Columbia Heights resembles a food pantry these days, with cabinets filled with cans of food products and plastic crates brimming with children’s clothes.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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Booking a room at this hotel in the Nairobi suburbs at the end of a safari is the travel equivalent of leaving yourself a gift under the tree to open at the end of Christmas Day.—
Flora Stubbs,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
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Inspired by the 1989 horror-comedy film of the same name (which starred Tom Hanks) and set in present-day suburbia, The 'Burbs follows a young couple who have reluctantly relocated to the husband’s childhood home.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
1 Feb. 2026
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Breaking Bad took place in the languor of suburbia and Better Call Saul in the corrupt organs of the legal system, but Vince Gilligan’s latest show Pluribus makes a home out of the stranger substrate of speculative sci-fi.—
Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Jan. 2026
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The legislation would provide greater flexibility for governments in allocating funding under the program, which was created in 1990 as part of a broader shift in housing policy toward greater responsibility for states and cities.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Feb. 2026
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The small town offers a slow and peaceful life for a fraction of the cost of most Arizona cities.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Four people, including some children, were hurt when a 49-year-old man drove into the front of the Truckee Safeway on Saturday afternoon, town police said in a statement.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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Each one is an artifact of her toxic relationship with her town.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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The 31-year-old Latin trap sensation, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio and was born in the Puerto Rican metropolis of Bayamón, packed his halftime performance with tributes to Latin American culture and community.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Feb. 2026
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Southern metropolises like Charleston, Nashville, and New Orleans also made the cut.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Exurb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exurb. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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