suburb
Example Sentences
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Shotwell, who grew up in a suburb north of Chicago, didn’t start out with ambitions that were tied to space.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Voters in the Bay Area suburb of El Cerrito last week rejected a property tax increase for libraries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
An AFP photographer saw two apartments damaged in a building on a narrow street, and traffic congestion as residents tried to leave the suburb while the Lebanese army deployed to the area.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
The detached house in Baillieston, a residential suburb in the east of Glasgow, would be valued in excess of £380,000.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
With a glance at the mayor of Omaha, he graciously offered to accept Omaha as a suburb.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing suburb
Latin Root "sub" Words
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The United States
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