as in outskirts
the districts adjacent to a city
the migration of families to suburbia and the resulting disintegration of inner-city neighborhoods
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Set in present-day suburbia, The ‘Burbs follows a young couple — with Palmer playing the wife — returning to the husband’s childhood home.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
There are more than 33 miles of easy and moderate hikes in the recreation area lodged between a wilderness area and suburbia.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2024
As her anger at his ineptitude grows, along with her sense of isolation and loss of sense of self, Mother undergoes a baffling transformation, seemingly becoming (at least in her own mind) a dog who runs through the streets of suburbia at night, howling at the moon.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2024
Photographed by Colin Dodgson in Los Angeles, the campaign contrasts Marni’s whimsical designs with the quotidian setting of suburbia.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 5 Sep. 2024
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
There are more than 33 miles of easy and moderate hikes in the recreation area lodged between a wilderness area and suburbia.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2024
As her anger at his ineptitude grows, along with her sense of isolation and loss of sense of self, Mother undergoes a baffling transformation, seemingly becoming (at least in her own mind) a dog who runs through the streets of suburbia at night, howling at the moon.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2024
Photographed by Colin Dodgson in Los Angeles, the campaign contrasts Marni’s whimsical designs with the quotidian setting of suburbia.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Suburbia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suburbia. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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