as in town
an community near a larger city
a small suburb outside of Dallas
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Around this period, Bishop worked as a barber with his own shop in an Atlanta suburb.
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David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025
For those out of the loop, Riley, once a seemingly cheerful wife and mother from a wealthy Bay Area suburb, used her blog and staged photos to fabricate near-death experiences with cancer, gathering donations, gifts, and even celebrity perks along the way.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
On a residential road in the northeast suburb of Wood Village, more than 20 cars were involved in their own pile-up.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
An outage lasting six hours on Sunday was blamed by power minister, Kumara Jayakody, on a monkey that disrupted a grid station in a Colombo suburb.
—Reuters, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
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David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025
For those out of the loop, Riley, once a seemingly cheerful wife and mother from a wealthy Bay Area suburb, used her blog and staged photos to fabricate near-death experiences with cancer, gathering donations, gifts, and even celebrity perks along the way.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
On a residential road in the northeast suburb of Wood Village, more than 20 cars were involved in their own pile-up.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
An outage lasting six hours on Sunday was blamed by power minister, Kumara Jayakody, on a monkey that disrupted a grid station in a Colombo suburb.
—Reuters, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Suburb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suburb. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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