suburban
Example Sentences
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He built a cable company by buying up cable operators in small towns and rural and suburban areas.
I had told him that the councilmen at the suburban town I was covering were trying to bully me out of writing a critical story.
From Los Angeles Times
SYDNEY—City-center offices appear more resilient than suburban real estate to job cuts that artificial intelligence could bring to Australia’s white-collar workforce.
Claude James Jr., a behavioral specialist at a Boston high school, said the rent for the one-bedroom apartment he shares with his fiancée in suburban Quincy, Mass., eats up half of his monthly net income.
After World War II, millions of American families moved to the new suburban developments being rapidly built for the booming population, and that changed entertainment dramatically.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.