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suburbanite

[suh-bur-buh-nahyt] / səˈbɜr bəˌnaɪt /
NOUN
commuter
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“I was a suburbanite kid who got a dose of exposure to what was happening to black Americans in my own city.”

From Washington Times Jul. 25, 2023

Many Americans hold the sincere belief that, for instance, every Californian is a San Francisco liberal and every Texan is a right-wing Dallas suburbanite.

From Seattle Times Jul. 24, 2022

Elisabeth is a new mom — a writer and a reluctant suburbanite, recently transplanted upstate from Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn — whose narrative voice is characterized by an unflagging snobbishness and a somewhat joyless, acerbic outlook.

From New York Times Jun. 26, 2020

And indeed “Dave” unquestionably centers the journey of its title suburbanite, for whom inner-city GaTa represents a source of hard-won wisdom about race and privilege.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 15, 2020

They wouldn’t even recognize Megan the happily married suburbanite.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins




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