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suburb

noun as in neighborhood outside of but reliant on nearby large city

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Nobody is happier than Republicans who represent the New York suburbs.

Kiley, who represented parts of the Sacramento suburbs and Lake Tahoe, is facing political uncertainty as California voters weigh whether to approve Proposition 50 on Nov. 4.

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According to Le Parisien newspaper, the men were originally from the Parisian suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis, and one was preparing to board a flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport.

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There was also an outdoor ceremony, attended by more than 3,000 Mango employees, at the corporate campus in a suburb of Barcelona.

Growing up in Plano, Texas, a Dallas suburb, Stuckey attended a conservative Christian school and Prestonwood Baptist Church, among the country’s largest congregations.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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