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suburbia

[suh-bur-bee-uh] / səˈbɜr bi ə /






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Postwar America responded to the instability of the Depression and the war by building a world that promised stability—suburbia.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From The Wall Street Journal

A long and inevitable clash came when suburbia closed in around the 1,000-acre Inglewood Oil Field, as occurred at oil facilities all over the region.

From Los Angeles Times

Together for 15 years, I had met Joe in suburbia at Bogies, a.k.a.

From Los Angeles Times

Over a dinner of “Mac’s Famous Mac and Cheese,” a gloopy, highlighter-yellow bowl of boxed pasta, they raise their forks in agreement: suburbia will be a breeze.

From Salon