subdivision

We see how the form of a finial was generated by the progressive subdivision of a square, precisely the same process by which the mason would incise and cut his stone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

"This reflects a complex history of population subdivision, in which different populations lived in different regions and habitat types."

From Science Daily ● May 20, 2026

We are in a subdivision called Baldwin Hills, or Baldwin Hills Estates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

Neighbors rode bikes and walked the streets of the desert subdivision.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

And she had decided to leave her body—to leave it for me—in a shadow version of our subdivision, where her first strings had broken.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

In 2025 it enacted SB15, which provided for lot size flexibility in new residential subdivisions by overriding some minimum local lot-size requirements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Housing reforms that increase supply, such as allowing smaller lots in new subdivisions, permitting duplexes, townhomes, and backyard cottages on existing lots, and changing zoning laws to allow housing nearer to jobs, are land-use issues.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Those principles include compactness, contiguity and the preservation of political subdivisions, including cities and counties, and “communities of interest” that have geography, culture or an economic sector in common.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

In our age of subdivisions and suburban spread, try to wrap your head around this: For the first half of the 20th century, L.A. was the richest agricultural county in the nation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

But not every musical system in the world opted for the same number of subdivisions.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall