suburbia

Example Sentences

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“You might all of a sudden find yourself in suburbia and there is no one that you know or who looks like you,” she said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Even if suburbia isn’t the same stronghold for the retailer as it once was, it’s still generating interest.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

The name Gunningham first emerged in what declared to be a world exclusive by The Mail in 2008, describing him as "a former public schoolboy brought up in middle-class suburbia".

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

We were in suburbia, with plenty of open green spaces, woods and creeks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

In the ghetto, as in suburbia, it’s the same status struggle to stand out in some envied way from the rest.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey