Thesaurus results for SUBURB

suburb

noun

Definition of suburb

as in town

an community near a larger city a small suburb outside of Dallas

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Recent Examples of suburb On the afternoon of October 3, a crowd of unhappy protesters gathered along a busy street in the heart of Huntington, New York, a sleepy suburb along the northern coast of Long Island. — Adam B. Vary, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026 The blocus is one of the first major student movements to have originated in the racially diverse, historically working-class suburbs. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026 Sprouts Farmers Market is making its debut in a Charlotte suburb in Concord. — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2026 President José Antonio Kast declared a state of emergency for Las Condes, a wealthy suburb east of Santiago, giving government agencies more power to respond as torrential rains turned key roads into impassable waterways. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for suburb

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Noun

For guests staying longer, the hotel can arrange activities including truffle hunts, seasonal wine harvest experiences, and tours of nearby towns and historical sites.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
His effortlessly chic spring 2027 collection was inspired by Roger Moore, Lord Snowdon and Lucian Freud, among other men-about-town.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of town

Noun

Deaths were also reported in three other Ukrainian cities, including the capital, Kyiv, according to Zelenskyy.

— SAMYA KULLAB, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Last week, Zelenskyy said the country will double down on its attacks on Russian oil refineries in response to a new policy of airstrikes from Moscow designed to force people to leave Kyiv and other cities.

— Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026