the suburbs

plural noun

: towns or other areas where people live in houses near a larger city

the suburbs of Chicago

also : one of the suburbs of a city

She left the city and moved to the suburbs.

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In December 2018, the consumer lawyer from Los Angeles went for a routine dentist appointment at Western Dental in San Mateo, in the suburbs of Northern California. —

Alana Semuels, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025 Their sketches were about alcoholism, divorce, life in the suburbs—middle-aged stuff. —

Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025 Wind chills could reach between 5 below and 10 below zero, while the suburbs could see wind chills as low as 15 below. —

Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025 The book is called Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness, and the concept is this: A guy who lives in the suburbs of London looks for adventure on the 400-square-kilometer map with his house in the center. —

Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for the suburbs