'burbs
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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“There is a mocktail menu pretty much everywhere we go, whether we are eating dinner in the city, the ’burbs, or we spend summers in Montauk,” he said.
From Seattle Times • May 5, 2024
“It is the 1st Asian ethnoburb: an ethnic enclave in the ‘burbs that thrives b/c it refuses to assimilate, instead unapologetically catering to its own immigrant community.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2023
Why would I want my perfect summer in the 'burbs to be interrupted by some stupid camp where I wouldn't know anyone?
From Salon • Jul. 16, 2022
It will have to be something more creative than letting gridlock swallow the metropolis as residents avoid transit or flee for the ’burbs.
From Slate • May 13, 2020
Kicked out of that building as it underwent renovations, the Mystics played at George Washington University’s Smith Center, then finished out the finals against Seattle at George Mason’s EagleBank Arena, out in the Virginia ’burbs.
From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2019
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