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suburb

noun as in neighborhood outside of but reliant on nearby large city

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They represent New Jersey’s massive “commuter class,” found in affluent suburbs close to New York City.

Ms. Orlean grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, an affluent suburb of Cleveland.

A local ordinance on the appropriate use of phones, laptops and tablets came into force last week in Toyoake, a largely grey, concrete suburb of the industrial metropolis Nagoya.

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In his Thursday speech to an economics club in the suburbs of Minneapolis, Barr emphasized his nagging concerns about the direction of inflation.

The 21-year-old, born in a Paris suburb, may be basketball’s most worldly superstar, spending his free time playing chess, sketching and poring through 1,000-page novels.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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