suburbia
noun
sub·ur·bia
sə-ˈbər-bē-ə 
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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By 1979, gas-station lines were causing alarm in suburbia, and knocking the edge off his popularity.
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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
From suburbia, springs the surreal Burton grew up in Burbank, California, a land of eternal sunshine.
—Tacita Quinn, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
For his sophomore outing, 1988’s Big Top Pee-wee, Reubens relocated his alter ego from suburbia to a pastoral setting, where Pee-wee cared for talking animals while working on cutting-edge agricultural experiments like hot dog trees.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2024
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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
From suburbia, springs the surreal Burton grew up in Burbank, California, a land of eternal sunshine.
—Tacita Quinn, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
For his sophomore outing, 1988’s Big Top Pee-wee, Reubens relocated his alter ego from suburbia to a pastoral setting, where Pee-wee cared for talking animals while working on cutting-edge agricultural experiments like hot dog trees.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Suburbia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suburbia. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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suburbia
noun
sub·ur·bia
sə-ˈbər-bē-ə
: the suburbs of a city
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