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suburbs

noun

plural of suburb

as in towns

an community near a larger city a small suburb outside of Dallas

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Recent Examples of suburbs An elementary school teacher in the Philadelphia suburbs has been arrested and charged with manufacturing child pornography, federal officials said. — Laura Fay, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 Just three suburbs — Elk Grove Village, Northlake and Franklin Park — cut the valuation of data center property by $2 billion, shifting that burden to other taxpayers. — David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 The real estate firm examines office markets in Charlotte and the surrounding suburbs. — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026 Food editors and staff writers spent months eating our way around Washington and the Maryland and Virginia suburbs in pursuit of dishes that are both delicious and representative of our region's exciting, diverse dining scene. — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2026 The Associated Press ATLANTA -- Georgia prison officials plan to execute a man next month who was convicted of fatally shooting two real estate agents in Atlanta’s suburbs more than two decades ago. — ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026 There are even different parts of the city (and the surrounding suburbs) that would go beyond the South Philadelphia stadium complex where the Eagles have played since 1971 and where the other three major professional sports teams play. — Zach Berman, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Several Kansas City suburbs have detached from the organization in recent years — and pulled their financial contributions — as KCATA struggled with route and workforce reduction and technical difficulties. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026 Initially covering the inner city, it was expanded in August 2023 to cover the capital’s outer boroughs and suburbs. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

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At least 165 people have been killed, and hundreds more are missing after catastrophic floods swept through towns and valleys along the border between Nepal and China's Tibet region.

— Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026
Natural Disasters Hundreds of people are dead, and at least 1,400 are missing, after a massive wall of water crashed through towns in Nepal and Tibet, an autonomous region of China.

— Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026

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Others are already moving confidently through modern cities, studying, working and shaping lives increasingly separate from traditional expectations.

— PhotoVogue, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026
Despite their apparent effectiveness at deterring speeding, cities have been slow to embrace rest in red.

— Jeff McMurray, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

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