suburbanites

noun

Definition of suburbanitesnext
plural of suburbanite
as in urbanites

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  1. towns
  2. inhabitants
  3. dwellers
Noun
  • For the Centennial State, business in its ski towns brings huge economic gains, with spending reaching record highs this past year.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In the decades since his death, King was honored on nearly 1,000 streets in cities, towns and suburbs across the country, and a few in foreign lands.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of towns
Noun
  • And with its rugged natural setting, placed somewhere vaguely in the Pacific Northwest, The Wild Robot does not shy from the circle-of-life sequences in which the island’s furry inhabitants are at odds with (and sometimes ingest) one another.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Other island inhabitants are voiced by Catherine O’Hara, Bill Nighy and Mark Hamill.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of inhabitants
Noun
  • At one point erroneously believed to be water dwellers, these huge, land-dwelling herbivores had small heads and shorter necks and tails than most other sauropods.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Lines have become more routine during peak seasons like the holidays ever since the pandemic shutdown prompted the migration of many city dwellers to more rustic and mountainous towns like Aspen.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of dwellers
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