as in town
an community near a larger city
a small suburb outside of Dallas
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From housing project to the brink of power Bardella was born in 1995 in the gritty suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis — a place more often in headlines for gang violence and poverty than political promise.
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Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
The case involved the denial of a rezoning request to build multifamily dwellings in the upscale Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Lebanon's government ordered all schools and universities in Beirut's southern suburb of Hadath to close for the day.
—Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2025
Workers at 21 Tony’s locations throughout the city and suburbs cast their votes in grocery store break rooms and pricing offices Tuesday through Thursday.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
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Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
The case involved the denial of a rezoning request to build multifamily dwellings in the upscale Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Lebanon's government ordered all schools and universities in Beirut's southern suburb of Hadath to close for the day.
—Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2025
Workers at 21 Tony’s locations throughout the city and suburbs cast their votes in grocery store break rooms and pricing offices Tuesday through Thursday.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Suburb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suburb. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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