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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

The Craftsman-style subdivision, built on a former school site, was newly completed and mostly sold when the Eaton fire destroyed seven of its 16 homes and rendered the rest uninhabitable.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 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

Some eight workers were arrested in a chaotic scene of laborers running away from federal vehicles racing through the three-street subdivision at high speed, the builders said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

I turned in to Becca Arrington’s subdivision just before four.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

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

New subdivisions and apartment buildings are rising around Appleton.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 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 second major component of swing was a lilting effect achieved by subtly shifting the subdivisions of the given four-in- a-bar beat.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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