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suburban

[suh-bur-buhn] / səˈbɜr bən /
ADJECTIVE
provincial
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
Antonyms


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This organic anger bubbling up across rural and suburban parts of the state has changed the terms of the race between Abbott and Hinojosa, Davis said.

From Salon Sep. 18, 2026

“The hardest part is having to solve that problem over and over again,” said Mitchell, who works for a nonprofit in suburban Chicago.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Three people have died and two others taken to hospital after a news helicopter crashed in suburban Los Angeles while reporting on a deadly bus crash, authorities have said.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

That relationship takes physical form inside the Melrose Hill shop, unfolding through a two-part imagined landscape that evokes an alien presence settling into the familiarity of a suburban setting.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

There’s a sort of primal hostility all around us, hidden by a veneer of suburban politeness.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman



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