subdivision

Example Sentences

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I knew there would be challenges when we moved in as one of the only Black families in the subdivision in 2005.

From Seattle Times

Common interest communities include both sprawling planned developments and smaller subdivisions and condos.

From Seattle Times

A political legacy, thrown away for a subdivision.

From Los Angeles Times

"There's a belief that a new Scramble for Africa is in play," referring to the subdivision of the continent by European nations in the late 19th Century which led to decades of colonialism and exploitation.

From BBC

Genus is the first word of the trinomial name and a subdivision of a larger plant family; some have only a single kind of plant, such as Ginkgo, while others, like Rosa, contain hundreds.

From Seattle Times