suburbia
Example Sentences
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Environmental damage, plastic waste and the conformity of suburbia prompted designers and countercultural communities to imagine other ways of living — up to a point.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
“When we create a modern suburbia with fragmented parks and green space, we do a pretty good job at creating mosquito habitat,” Norris said.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Comedically speaking, the excesses of suburbia are low-hanging fruit, but Ms. Maum finds a few new targets—she describes one would-be master of the universe as “the kind of man who seared steak with his initials.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
“You might all of a sudden find yourself in suburbia and there is no one that you know or who looks like you,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 2026
We roll into Witney station and out again, the train starting to pick up pace as suburbia melts into grimy North London, terraced houses replaced by tagged bridges and empty buildings w'ith broken windows.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
