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suburbia

[suh-bur-bee-uh] / səˈbɜr bi ə /






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The detached single-family house has been the great constant of American life, from the saltbox farmhouses of 17th-century New England to the modern mansions of 2020s suburbia.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

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

It includes the bulk of metro Nashville’s African American population, plenty of progressive hipsters who’ve flocked to the city from across the South, traditional right wing suburbia and slices of Appalachia.

From Slate Dec. 2, 2025

“Maybe it’s an I'm bored in suburbia kind of phrase.”

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely




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