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subdivision

[suhb-di-vizh-uhn] / ˈsʌb dɪˌvɪʒ ən /


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However, those areas may be less sensitive to this kind of development than a residential subdivision.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

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

Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling is a subdivision of Reyes Holding, which manages major beer and drink distributors and McDonald’s largest global distributor.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

None of the historical residents of Epiphany liked the idea of having the Sillington place parceled off for a subdivision.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

Fitch’s rankings include both the larger metropolitan statistical areas, as well as metropolitan divisions, which are subdivisions of larger metro areas.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

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

Jennie Housley, who owns a 40-acre horse ranch near Bouse with her husband, Larry, fears the area could lose its agriculture industry and eventually lose its water to growing subdivisions and swimming pools.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025

The harmony is in meltdown because Wagner has used chromaticism, the promiscuous use of all the subdivisions in the scale, to put you in an unsettling place.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall


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