suburban town

collocation in English

meaningsofsuburbanandtown

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suburban
adjective
uk
/səˈbɜː.bən/us
/səˈbɝː.bən/
relating to ...
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town
noun
uk
/taʊn/us
/taʊn/
a place where people live and work, containing many houses, shops, places of work, places of entertainment, etc., and usually larger than a village but smaller than ...
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(Definition ofsuburbanandtownfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Croydon, which used to be a smallsuburbantown, is now a large commercial city.
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In 1995 as a freshman in high school, he was the only one to wear dreadlocks; friends said he liked attention in thesuburbantown.
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Whickham is a middle classsuburbantownand former civil parish.
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On a spring morning in asuburbantownthese two men's paths will cross.
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Yet, our understandings have been narrowed by the assumption that suburban towns are singular in nature, essentially interchangeable.
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Winthrop has historically been known as a fast-growingsuburbantown, and saw its population triple during the 20th century.
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Brentwood is an affluentsuburbantownwith a small but expanding shopping area and high street.
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It affects suburban towns, in particular, and especially those areas designated for residential purposes only.
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It has very few open areas in which to expand, and this has brought about the development of the suburban towns.
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The chain operates either in, or in close proximity to, affluent suburban towns, and its stores offer a mix of traditional and upmarket grocery items.
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There's not much in suburban towns so you have to be creative.
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It proposed the creation of new suburban towns of limited size, planned in advance, and surrounded by a permanent belt of agricultural land.
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Most of the boroughs created after 1835 were new industrial, resort or suburban towns that had grown up after the industrial revolution.
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Other residents moved further out into suburban towns to seek newer housing.
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The rural and suburban towns and cities are generally more conservative than the rest of the state, but more liberal than the country as a whole.
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Talbots stores are suited to a breadth of retail settings ranging from suburban towns and upscale shopping centers to lifestyle centers, regional malls and urban streets.
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