as in outskirts
the districts adjacent to a city
the migration of families to suburbia and the resulting disintegration of inner-city neighborhoods
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Leah Millis | Reuters Sprawling, power-thirsty data centers have become as much a staple of suburbia in some places as shopping malls and soccer fields.
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Kevin Williams, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2025
This time, however, the twists and turns don’t take place in suburbia, but in the picturesque south of Italy.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 3 May 2025
But the Defender is overpriced and an inefficient inner city and suburbia dweller.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025
Following five girls in mid-1970s suburbia, presided over by an overprotective mother and meek father, the film presents its tragedies — and the sisters themselves — as hazy and elusive.
—Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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Kevin Williams, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2025
This time, however, the twists and turns don’t take place in suburbia, but in the picturesque south of Italy.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 3 May 2025
But the Defender is overpriced and an inefficient inner city and suburbia dweller.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2025
Following five girls in mid-1970s suburbia, presided over by an overprotective mother and meek father, the film presents its tragedies — and the sisters themselves — as hazy and elusive.
—Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for suburbia
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“Suburbia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suburbia. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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