All 5 Uses

suburban
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The Bell Jar
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I didn't know where I was, but it was somewhere in the wealthy suburbs of New York.†
Chpt 9 *

suburbs = residential areas located near the outer edge of a city where it isn't as crowded
I stepped from the air-conditioned compartment onto the station platform, and the motherly breath of the suburbs enfolded me.†
Chpt 10
I had never spent a summer in the suburbs before.†
Chpt 10
Ours was a small, white clapboard house set in the middle of a small green lawn on the corner of two peaceful suburban streets, but in spite of the little maple trees planted at intervals around our property, anybody passing along the sidewalk could glance up at the second story windows and see just what was going on.†
Chpt 10

suburban = relating to a residential area located near the outer edge of a city where it isn't as crowded
They had a big, rambling house up the street from us, set behind a morbid facade of pine trees, and surrounded by scooters, tricycles, doll carriages, toy fire trucks, baseball bats, badminton nets, croquet wickets, hamster cages and cocker spaniel puppies-the whole sprawling paraphernalia of suburban childhood.†
Chpt 10

Definitions:

(1) (suburban)
relating to a residential area located near the outer edge of a city where it isn't as crowded
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)