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suburban

[suh-bur-buhn] / səˈbɜr bən /
ADJECTIVE
provincial
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK
Antonyms


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The company plans to open more than 300 restaurants this year, many with drive-through “Chipotlanes,” which should help support its suburban expansion.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The suburban malaise subgenre of murder mystery is thriving, from “Big Little Lies” to “All Her Fault.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The Lavender Cake Shed now brings in between £500 to £1,000 a week, with customers flocking from neighbouring towns like Redditch and Solihull to Danielle's quiet suburban road to sample her goods.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

They feel like suburban purgatory, liminal implying a state in between reality and dream.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

The Levittown of my youth, and of Volpe’s early years in teaching, was the great suburban dream before the invention of the dream’s antidotes—video games, cable TV, the Internet.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove



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