: 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
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Until the 1990s, most Israeli settlements in the West Bank took one of two forms: large suburban towns near the Green Line—the pre-1967 border—and smaller exurbs deeper in occupied territory.
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Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2024
An exurb of an exurb Anna, Texas, more than 45 miles north of downtown Dallas, is seeing the same kind of migration.
—Mike Schneider, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
The much smaller Twin Cities exurbs in Wisconsin remained quite purple, though shifted slightly in a Republican direction.
—Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
In many parts of the country, suburbs and exurbs have seen the biggest population gains in the last decade, while inner cities have often lost residents.
—Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2024
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Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2024
An exurb of an exurb Anna, Texas, more than 45 miles north of downtown Dallas, is seeing the same kind of migration.
—Mike Schneider, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
The much smaller Twin Cities exurbs in Wisconsin remained quite purple, though shifted slightly in a Republican direction.
—Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
In many parts of the country, suburbs and exurbs have seen the biggest population gains in the last decade, while inner cities have often lost residents.
—Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Exurb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exurb. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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