suburb
Example Sentences
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The only change she had noticed so far had been an expansion outward toward the suburbs north of Minneapolis.
From Los Angeles Times
We were only there for a couple of years before heading back to the Chicago suburbs, so my memories are few, but vivid.
From Salon
"While a lot of emissions from residential wood burning come from the suburbs, pollutants emitted into the air don't typically stay put," Horton said.
From Science Daily
She left the building for her parents’ house in the Kyiv suburbs, where power outages are rarer and she could get more help.
Derrick’s friend, Pam Jacobson, 69, noted that even in her predominantly-white suburb, Lino Lakes—some 30 miles outside the city—ICE agents had turned up in search of her Hmong neighbor.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
