suburbia

noun

sub·ur·bia sə-ˈbər-bē-ə

Synonyms of suburbia next

: the suburbs of a city

: people who live in the suburbs

: suburban life

Examples of suburbia in a Sentence

a problem that is common in suburbia the percentage of the country's population living in suburbia The film is an interesting critique of suburbia.

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Since then, the workers and their families have turned a mostly white corner of strip-mall suburbia into a Tiny Taipei. —

John Liu, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024 People seemed upset at the suggestion that these horrific things could be happening right under your nose in suburbia. —

Keaton Bell, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024 By 1979, gas-station lines were causing alarm in suburbia, and knocking the edge off his popularity. —

Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024 This icy-cold (in more ways than one) Ang Lee period piece perfectly depicts the disassociation and isolation inherent in 1970s affluent suburbia (in this case, New Canaan, Conn.). —

Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for suburbia