suburbia

Example Sentences

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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

The name Gunningham first emerged in what declared to be a world exclusive by The Mail in 2008, describing him as "a former public schoolboy brought up in middle-class suburbia".

From BBC • Mar. 18, 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

We were in suburbia, with plenty of open green spaces, woods and creeks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

Wrong place, wrong time no call for art in suburbia, not in this economy.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins