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US
/səˈbɝbən/
]
[ UK /səbˈɜːbən/ ]
[ UK /səbˈɜːbən/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs
suburban population
How To Use suburban In A Sentence
- Sometimes he goes to watch birds in the suburban marshes, where more rare species can be found.
- The stores, usually located in suburban shopping centers, target middle-class consumers with brand-name clothing, accessories and furniture.
- The family moves out of their unnamed city to an unnamed suburban area to start again.
- The finely detailed, louvred, inclined plane presenting an alternative to the typical suburban facades. NSW Architecture Awards Announced: Gorgeous Oz-chitecture | Inhabitat
- Two: even our sleepy suburban cove had been invaded by traffic.
- Eventually we found the exit and climbed a steep, suburban street into some hills, rising above the great cloverleaf of the freeway into a development of newly built houses.
- The GOP consultant who designed the ad gleefully called the mugshot “every suburban mother’s greatest fear.” The Volokh Conspiracy » The Perils of High Public Office
- Suburban schools gleam with modern gadgetry, while inner city schools lack basic textbooks.
- Will their taxes repave our pot-holed roads or halt the spread of suburban shanties caused by a grotesque housing shortage? The Sun
- What is possible for a large suburban congregation is out of the question for a tiny congregation in a rural situation.