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suburb

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An outlying part of a city or town; a smaller place immediately adjacent to a city; in the plural, the region which is on the confines of any city or large town; as, a house stands in the suburbs; a garden situated in the suburbs of Paris.

Hence, the confines; the outer part; the environment.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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A 200-unit apartment building that gets built in the armpit of a freeway interchange in a second-ring suburb often has zero destinations within walking distance, and is basically impossible to serve with transit in a cost-effective way. Source: Internet

A 54-year-old Waukegan man is charged sexually assaulting five girls over a decade ago in the north suburb. Source: Internet

About 12 miles from New York City, Montclair is the kind of suburb that even appeals to demanding New Yorkers. Source: Internet

According to papers presented to the court by prosecutor Ms Connie Madzudzu, Chigagure, Sifanjani and Moyo on March 11 allegedly connived to lure Mutombwera to visit their place of residence in Mkoba 17 suburb. Source: Internet

A crowd gathered in the Atlanta suburb of Decatur on June 18 to watch the removal of a Confederate monument — the latest controversial symbol toppled in the wake of the George Floyd protests. Source: Internet

A Frenchman of Moroccan origin stabs a police commander to death outside his home in a Paris suburb and kills his partner, who also worked for the police. Source: Internet

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