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Collocations for suburb - noun

ADJECTIVE

outer, outlying
inner, inner-ring (AmE)
northern, southern, etc.
surrounding
people in the surrounding suburbs and small towns
Berlin, Tokyo, etc.
affluent, comfortable, exclusive, prosperous, rich, smart (esp. BrE), upmarket (BrE), upscale (AmE), wealthy
poor
middle-class, working-class
respectable
pleasant
leafy, quiet
garden (esp. BrE)
grey/gray
black, white
the mostly white suburb of Woodland Beach
industrial, residential
sprawling
out beyond the sprawling suburbs

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VERB + suburb

move to
As soon as we can afford it, we'll move to the suburbs.

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suburb + VERB

grow
The middle-class suburbs are growing fast.

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PREPOSITION

from the suburbs
For a child from the suburbs, a trip to the city was a great adventure.
in a/the suburb
She's renting in a suburb of Boston.
in the suburbs
People often prefer to live in the suburbs and commute to work.
suburbs of
the coastal suburbs of the capital

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