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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

Woody Fincham, a real-estate appraiser in Virginia, agrees that a data center going up right next door to a residential property or a subdivision could have an effect on property values.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

Who knew the proverb holds even when the classroom is a subdivision and the teacher is a real-estate developer?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 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

Jim Link grew up in a Houston subdivision, Bellaire, in a house where his parents have lived for thirty-four years.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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

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

Still, in 1965, as agriculture of all kinds was being crowded out by subdivisions, California enacted the Williamson Act to give tax breaks to landowners who kept their property dedicated to agriculture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026

The street leading up to the school was lined with new subdivisions, with houses in various states of completion.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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