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suburban

[suh-bur-buhn] / səˈbɜr bən /
ADJECTIVE
provincial
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
Antonyms


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The suburban malaise subgenre of murder mystery is thriving, from “Big Little Lies” to “All Her Fault.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

One of them, a 69-year-old retired pharmaceutical microbiologist from Maryland named Robert Gerber, told me he once sold Florsheims at a suburban mall while attending college at Drexel University.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

Every morning, before the city has fully woken up, men in white caps and shirts arrive at Mumbai's suburban railway stations on bicycles stacked high with lunchboxes.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Prosecutors alleged their actions during a September protest outside the suburban Broadview detention center amounted to impeding or injuring an officer.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

This place feels like the eerie, abandoned suburban neighborhoods that surround nuclear power plant leaks.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman



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