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suburbs

noun

plural of suburb

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an community near a larger city a small suburb outside of Dallas

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Recent Examples of suburbs As some communities across the country are choosing to end their relationship with Flock Safety and its license plate readers over privacy and police misuse concerns, several Chicago suburbs are renewing their use of the controversial police tool. — Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 Derrick Curtis, 18th, whose ward includes Ford City, told commission members that Ford City Mall had been on life support for years, and a developer like Kurv could easily take their proposal to nearby suburbs such as Bedford Park. — Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 Peekskill, West Haverstraw and Cortlandt Manor all sit within New York’s 17th Congressional District, an area covering multiple suburbs north of New York City that is split relatively evenly between Democrats and Republicans. — Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 Several Kansas City suburbs have detached from the organization in recent years — and pulled their financial contributions — as KCATA struggled with route and workforce reduction and technical difficulties. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026 It’s presented as an impressionistic historical montage, of Black farmworkers and the land, with clips of Black history that include modern suburbs, and a woman—Z herself—who gazes out of a door into a sere expanse of land bordered by low mountains. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026 Initially covering the inner city, it was expanded in August 2023 to cover the capital’s outer boroughs and suburbs. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026 The defendants range in age from 26 to 72, and most of them live in the New York City area and its northern suburbs. — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026 Last month, Deadline reported that Nicholson would reprise her Mare of Easttown role as Lori Ross in Season 2 Task, both of which are set in the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia and hail from creator and executive producer by Brad Inglesby. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026

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With a steam engine, the boat pulled heavy cargo between Budapest and other towns along the Danube.

— CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
While the range runs through eight different states, many of its peaks can be found in North Carolina and Virginia, making these two states rich both in mountain towns and scenic views.

— Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 20 Aug. 2026

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