as in town
an community near a larger city
a small suburb outside of Dallas
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In recent days, drone sightings, which had been concentrated in northern New Jersey, have been reported in the southern part of state, in the Philadelphia suburbs and in towns near the coast.
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Alyce McFadden, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Eric Werner, the police chief in Maple Grove, Minnesota, the Minneapolis suburb where Thompson lived, said his department had not received reports of threats against Thompson, the Associated Press reported.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2024
Lolo This three-bedroom ranch home sits in a quiet Bitterroot Valley suburb 15 minutes from Missoula.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 3 Dec. 2024
San Diego was raised in an upper-middle-class suburb in Marin County, just north of San Francisco.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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Alyce McFadden, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Eric Werner, the police chief in Maple Grove, Minnesota, the Minneapolis suburb where Thompson lived, said his department had not received reports of threats against Thompson, the Associated Press reported.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2024
Lolo This three-bedroom ranch home sits in a quiet Bitterroot Valley suburb 15 minutes from Missoula.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 3 Dec. 2024
San Diego was raised in an upper-middle-class suburb in Marin County, just north of San Francisco.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Suburb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suburb. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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