suburbia
noun
sub·ur·bia
sə-ˈbər-bē-ə 
Examples of suburbia in a Sentence
a problem that is common in suburbia
the percentage of the country's population living in suburbia
The film is an interesting critique of suburbia.
Recent Examples on the Web
Even as Porter won reelection in 2020 and 2022 in her 47th Congressional District, her party lost races in northern Los Angeles County’s 27th Congressional District — a less affluent swath of suburbia where Rep. Mike Garcia hopes to win again this year.
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David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
In conservative Livingston County, suburbia and Trump country collide
State Rep. Emily Dievendorf, D-Lansing, said people usually see the elections in the county lean toward the Democratic Party.
—Viet Anh Phan, Donte Smith, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
And a case could be made that Ohio subsumed many of the elements of the American polity: farmland and industrial cities, college towns and factory towns, sprawling suburbia and a swath of rural southeastern counties in many ways akin to neighboring West Virginia.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024
In late-nineties suburbia, Pettitt struggled to find a model for this future life.
—Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2024
Displacement and housing instability Through zoning and redlining, government entities influenced what areas banks made investments—all being white suburbia.
—Tiffany Eve Lawrence, Parents, 4 Feb. 2024
Where to watch Miracle on 34th Street: Disney+ 11 of 12
The Ice Storm (1997)
This icy-cold (in more ways than one) Ang Lee period piece, based on Rick Moody's novel, perfectly depicts the disassociation and isolation inherent in 1970s affluent suburbia (in this case, New Canaan, Conn.).
—Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2023
By the 1950s, highways were being built across America, establishing vital trade routes and connecting booming suburbia with downtown business centers in cities across the nation.
—Mark Nichols, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2023
The unassuming Mobil station sits at a corner of suburbia marked Park Street NE and Maple Avenue East.
—Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
In conservative Livingston County, suburbia and Trump country collide
State Rep. Emily Dievendorf, D-Lansing, said people usually see the elections in the county lean toward the Democratic Party.
—Viet Anh Phan, Donte Smith, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
And a case could be made that Ohio subsumed many of the elements of the American polity: farmland and industrial cities, college towns and factory towns, sprawling suburbia and a swath of rural southeastern counties in many ways akin to neighboring West Virginia.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024
In late-nineties suburbia, Pettitt struggled to find a model for this future life.
—Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2024
Displacement and housing instability Through zoning and redlining, government entities influenced what areas banks made investments—all being white suburbia.
—Tiffany Eve Lawrence, Parents, 4 Feb. 2024
Where to watch Miracle on 34th Street: Disney+ 11 of 12
The Ice Storm (1997)
This icy-cold (in more ways than one) Ang Lee period piece, based on Rick Moody's novel, perfectly depicts the disassociation and isolation inherent in 1970s affluent suburbia (in this case, New Canaan, Conn.).
—Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2023
By the 1950s, highways were being built across America, establishing vital trade routes and connecting booming suburbia with downtown business centers in cities across the nation.
—Mark Nichols, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2023
The unassuming Mobil station sits at a corner of suburbia marked Park Street NE and Maple Avenue East.
—Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
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“Suburbia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suburbia. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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suburbia
noun
sub·ur·bia
sə-ˈbər-bē-ə
: the suburbs of a city
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