edge city.

A substantial concentration of offices, employment, and commerce outside a traditional urban center.

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Words that belong together

• a suburban edge city
• the growth of an edge city

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The highway junction had become an edge city before the old town gained another station.

The story’s suburban edge city emptied after office hours.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Singular edge city; plural edge cities. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.