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suburbia

noun

sə-ˈbər-bē-ə

Definition of suburbia

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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Recent Examples of suburbia Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth Eighty-one-year-old Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick lives quietly in suburbia until a neighbor's suspicious death draws attention to her and the decades-old secret she's tried to bury. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 19 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 His impulsiveness and violence drive the tension in the season, which finds the central group of friends grown up and scattered across Los Angeles, their bad decisions unprotected by the guardrails of suburbia. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 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 See All Example Sentences for suburbia

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