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suburb

[suhb-urb] / ˈsʌb ɜrb /


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He wrote or co-wrote at least 16 books, among them a brilliant monograph on George Howe and his “Paradise Planned: The Garden Suburb and the Modern City,” a massive study of American urbanism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

More places are needed as the Ipswich Garden Suburb development, which could comprise 3,500 new homes, is built.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2024

Sterigenics shuttered a medical sterilization plant in a Chicago Suburb after monitoring found emissions spikes in nearby neighborhoods and settled numerous lawsuits.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2023

He and his wife lived in a manse in London’s tony Hampstead Garden Suburb.

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2023

Sky and Suburb Monthly says there’s no other upcar like it.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson




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