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subdivision

[suhb-di-vizh-uhn] / ˈsʌb dɪˌvɪʒ ən /


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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

Since the 1990s, Graham had lived in a one-story white-brick ranch in a wooded subdivision on a peninsula of Lake Hartwell, one of several man-made lakes in the area.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 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

He and his wife, Cheri, bought a comfortable home in a tidy subdivision here in the heart of Bayou Country.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 11, 2026

We made a wheels-screeching turn into a subdivision with eight-foot-high stucco walls.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

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

In 2025, Texas passed bills legalizing housing on commercially zoned land and subdivisions of starter homes, which were rendered difficult or illegal to build by municipal zoning laws, large lot requirements, or other design requirements.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

Cities appealed to developers to pretty-please include some decent parkland in their subdivisions, but the elected ones for the most part didn’t have the will to use official muscle to insist on it.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

Streets with old cottages give way to newer subdivisions on the south end, where many of the “No Data Center” lawn signs are found.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 26, 2026

Hoover adopted a similar model, with its classifications and numbered subdivisions, to organize the bureau’s Central Files and General Indices.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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