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subdivision

[suhb-di-vizh-uhn] / ˈsʌb dɪˌvɪʒ ən /


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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

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

We are in a subdivision called Baldwin Hills, or Baldwin Hills Estates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

I blinked back to the present moment as we pulled past the gates of Sahil’s subdivision.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

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

Decades ago, state lawmakers were concerned about too many farms being turned into new subdivisions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 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

To houses on the lake or one of the manicured subdivisions miles from here.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss


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