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In the fast-growing Santiago exurb of Colina, city councilor Catalina Lillo entered office in 2021 as part of a wave of Modatima activists who ran for office.
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Sammy Feldblum, The Dial, 30 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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Sammy Feldblum, The Dial, 30 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exurb
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For all of their ferocity, the storms did not produce significant amounts of rain in the south and southwest suburbs.—
Samantha Moilanen,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
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Things have gotten a little wild in the Chicago suburb of Orland Park, Illinois, where local cops accused a former cop of impersonating a current cop on Facebook.—
Nate Anderson,
Ars Technica,
20 Mar. 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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In a new study, the nonprofit group ranked Sacramento 23rd out of 100 U.S. cities where people prone to seasonal allergies face the most challenges.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Mar. 2025
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In the aftermath of the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust, protests erupted on university campuses and in the streets of major cities.—
Rachel Wolf,
Fox News,
22 Mar. 2025
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The teen’s happy image, usually in a red polo shirt and carrying a backpack, is as popular in souvenir shops across town as Francis in his simple brown habit.—
Time,
Time,
27 Mar. 2025
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After years of consideration, the Sundance Institute’s Board of Trustees announced Thursday that the Colorado town will host its first Sundance in January 2027.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
27 Mar. 2025
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An image of the Tokyo metropolis appeared on the screen and ATARASHII GAKKO!—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
26 Mar. 2025
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The southeastern metropolis of Shenzhen is taking steps toward updating its own pro-natal incentive, including by expanding access to child care services.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Exurb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exurb. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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