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The bottom line: The exurb boom is likely a consequence of high housing prices pushing people farther from the city center and an increase in remote work that makes living away from employment centers more palatable, per the Census Bureau.
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Jessica Boehm, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
Until the 1990s, most Israeli settlements in the West Bank took one of two forms: large suburban towns near the Green Line—the pre-1967 border—and smaller exurbs deeper in occupied territory.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2024
An exurb of an exurb Anna, Texas, more than 45 miles north of downtown Dallas, is seeing the same kind of migration.
—Mike Schneider, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
The much smaller Twin Cities exurbs in Wisconsin remained quite purple, though shifted slightly in a Republican direction.
—Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
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Jessica Boehm, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
Until the 1990s, most Israeli settlements in the West Bank took one of two forms: large suburban towns near the Green Line—the pre-1967 border—and smaller exurbs deeper in occupied territory.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2024
An exurb of an exurb Anna, Texas, more than 45 miles north of downtown Dallas, is seeing the same kind of migration.
—Mike Schneider, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
The much smaller Twin Cities exurbs in Wisconsin remained quite purple, though shifted slightly in a Republican direction.
—Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exurb
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Donnie and his wife Jenny McCarthy live in the Chicago suburb of St. Charles.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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Ukrainians React: Trump’s claim that Ukraine was responsible for its war with Russia has left many Ukrainians disillusioned, including residents of Bucha, a Kyiv suburb that has become a symbol of Russian brutality.—
Chris Buckley,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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There, they're forced to acclimate to life in suburbia.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
9 Jan. 2025
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These core use areas, aka prime real estate, were spread out across large expanses of suburbia that the crocs did not use, and were connected by the Intracoastal Waterway, or various canals.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Jan. 2025
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Read Next West Ada ID bill would let cities fire library directors.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Feb. 2025
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Yes, but: Local restaurant owners can't yet make their monthly meals tax payments via the portal (though that feature is in the works, city spokesperson Ross Catrow tells Axios).—
Karri Peifer,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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Thousands uprooted by the war in Lebanon have been unable to reach towns occupied by Israel, but some have tried anyway.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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Now, the Spanish town of Porreres may have an issue with Meghan’s new As Ever logo.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
19 Feb. 2025
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After an introduction from host Trevor Noah, the camera cut to the stage area of the Crypto.com Arena, which was suddenly transformed into the hills and canyons surrounding the California metropolis.—
James Factora,
Them,
3 Feb. 2025
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Romero split her childhood between the sprawling metropolis of Houston and the remote Chemehuevi reservation in Mojave Desert, CA.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Exurb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exurb. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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