exurbia

noun

Definition of exurbianext
as in countryside

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Recent Examples of exurbia The film quality is slightly grainy, the color washed out, as shots of Vegas exurbia streak past. — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 10 July 2020 Rendered in acrylic, water and pencil, Marie Ringwald’s unpopulated slice of exurbia can be seen as either calm or edgy. — Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2021 Kent Eken and David Tomassoni, both from Greater Minnesota; Republicans Roger Chamberlain, Karin Housley and Warren Limmer, all representing exurbia; and Rochester Republicans Carla Nelson and David Senjem. — Star Tribune, 13 Nov. 2020
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  1. countryside
  2. suburbia
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  • Kober, who has been married for more than 75 years, was born in east London before he and his siblings were evacuated to the countryside during World War II.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
  • Somehow magically, someone created an outdoor garden at a lush countryside retreat.
    — Jack Dunn, Variety, 4 July 2026
Definition of countryside
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  • Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth Eighty-one-year-old Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick lives quietly in suburbia until a neighbor's suspicious death draws attention to her and the decades-old secret she's tried to bury.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 19 June 2026
  • The actor got his start on Family Ties, an '80s sitcom about the Keaton family, whose matriarch and patriarch were once 1960s radicals now attempting to raise their Reagan-era children in suburbia.
    — Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
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