suburbia

Example Sentences

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Football came to Armstrong, via a television set, in suburbia.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

“You might all of a sudden find yourself in suburbia and there is no one that you know or who looks like you,” she said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Millions more single-family units went up across suburbia after World War II. Building surged again in the 1970s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Even if suburbia isn’t the same stronghold for the retailer as it once was, it’s still generating interest.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

It was flat, not many trees, the same dusty red-clay dirt and grass as Soweto but with proper houses and paved roads and a sense of suburbia to it.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah