: a region or settlement that lies outside a city and usually beyond its suburbs and that often is inhabited chiefly by well-to-do families
exurban
ek-ˈsər-bən How to pronounce exurb (audio)
eg-ˈzər-
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adjective

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The district, which stretches from the central Virginia exurbs of Washington to the Blue Ridge Mountains, voted against Trump by 2 points in 2016 and 7 points in 2020. Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024 On Sunday, Donald Trump visited and briefly worked at a McDonald’s franchise in Bucks County, Pa., an exurb of Philadelphia. Ryan Ellis, National Review, 22 Oct. 2024 Unlike the vast, remote deserts of Arizona, where migrants have died in significant numbers for years, the area experiencing this spike in deaths is relatively small, hemmed in by highways and the western exurbs of El Paso. David Noriega, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2024 The surprise came in the Midwest and Sunbelt, which saw a massive jump in exclusive zip codes — found in their urban centers, close-in suburbs, and fringe exurbs — in just a few years. Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 18 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for exurb 

Word History

Etymology

ex- + suburb

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of exurb was in 1955

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“Exurb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exurb. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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exurb

noun
: a region or district outside a city and its suburbs where many well-to-do people live

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