as in town
an community near a larger city
a small suburb outside of Dallas
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Headquartered in the Seattle suburb of Kent, Washington, Blue Origin has over 10,000 employees there and in half a dozen other major locations around the country, including in industry strongholds of Texas, Florida and Alabama.
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Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
The former heavyweight champ, 58, has been bunking in the Vegas suburb of Henderson, Nevada, for almost a decade.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
The fires within Parable of the Sower stem from a combination of climate change and arson taking place in the fictional L.A. suburb of Robledo.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025
The house in the western Sydney suburb of Burwood — which the Young brothers (including older brother George, a member of the Easybeats) moved into in 1965 and remained through AC/DC’s formation in 1973 — was previously listed on the National Trust Register of Historic Houses.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
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Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
The former heavyweight champ, 58, has been bunking in the Vegas suburb of Henderson, Nevada, for almost a decade.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
The fires within Parable of the Sower stem from a combination of climate change and arson taking place in the fictional L.A. suburb of Robledo.
—Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 15 Jan. 2025
The house in the western Sydney suburb of Burwood — which the Young brothers (including older brother George, a member of the Easybeats) moved into in 1965 and remained through AC/DC’s formation in 1973 — was previously listed on the National Trust Register of Historic Houses.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Suburb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suburb. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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