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suburbs

1 definition • 5 examples
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the outer area of a town, rather than the shopping and business centre in the middle:

Examples:

The company decided to relocate to the suburbs because the rent was much cheaper.
They live somewhere in the suburbs of Houston.
City residents gradually began to move out to the suburbs.
They found life in the suburbs very dull.
His latest girlfriend is a rich girl from the suburbs.

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