as in outskirts
the districts adjacent to a city
the migration of families to suburbia and the resulting disintegration of inner-city neighborhoods
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Recent Examples of suburbia
Is paradise a bland suburbia with a quaint downtown selling specialty ice cream to be eaten under a nearby gazebo?
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
Abbott Elementary hulu The Americans Years: 2013-2018 Length: 6 seasons, 75 episodes
Creator: Joe Weisberg
Arguably the best show of the 2010s, this FX drama stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, a seemingly average couple with two kids living in ‘80s suburbia.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
There, they're forced to acclimate to life in suburbia.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2025
These core use areas, aka prime real estate, were spread out across large expanses of suburbia that the crocs did not use, and were connected by the Intracoastal Waterway, or various canals.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2025
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
Abbott Elementary hulu The Americans Years: 2013-2018 Length: 6 seasons, 75 episodes
Creator: Joe Weisberg
Arguably the best show of the 2010s, this FX drama stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, a seemingly average couple with two kids living in ‘80s suburbia.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024
There, they're forced to acclimate to life in suburbia.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2025
These core use areas, aka prime real estate, were spread out across large expanses of suburbia that the crocs did not use, and were connected by the Intracoastal Waterway, or various canals.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for suburbia
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“Suburbia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suburbia. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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