suburb
Example Sentences
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His day starts at 07:00 from his home in a Mumbai suburb.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Willie Gillespie is from Libertyville, Ill., a northern suburb of Chicago.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
Albright and his wife are renting, and looking to buy, in a suburb west of town.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Prince William has met with families living in a newly developed suburb of a Cornwall town known for being the home of British surfing.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Ames looked around his Washington, DC, suburb and felt envious of his wealthy neighbors enjoying the booming US economy of the 1980s.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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Latin Root "sub" Words
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