the suburbs
plural noun
: towns or other areas where people live in houses near a larger city
the suburbs of Chicago
also
: one of the suburbs of a city
She left the city and moved to the suburbs.
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The backdrop: Three others have already pleaded guilty to running the brothel network that shuttled women between luxury apartment buildings in Cambridge, Watertown, and the suburbs of Washington, D.C. before federal officers shut the ring down in 2023.
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Mike Deehan, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
Farrah Abraham is opening up about her decision to leave the suburbs when her daughter was young.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Back in 2017, when the Pistons returned to Detroit proper after several years playing at an arena in the suburbs, Eminem was on-hand to hype up the crowd on opening night.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2025
During the 2020 election campaign, Trump said the AFFH rule would ruin the suburbs by forcing more affordable housing.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
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Mike Deehan, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
Farrah Abraham is opening up about her decision to leave the suburbs when her daughter was young.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Back in 2017, when the Pistons returned to Detroit proper after several years playing at an arena in the suburbs, Eminem was on-hand to hype up the crowd on opening night.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2025
During the 2020 election campaign, Trump said the AFFH rule would ruin the suburbs by forcing more affordable housing.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
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“The suburbs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20suburbs. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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