Definitions

housing development

NOUN

area of houses

Synonyms

STRONGEST

subdivision tract

Example Sentences

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The remaining 75 percent, like the Joshua Grove, which remained too remote for housing development, would be put to other agricultural uses.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Steers was also an original member of a nonprofit formed 25 years ago to fight a planned housing development called Moon Camp.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Mamdani’s biggest edge over the initial Sunnyside Yard proposal may be the changing politics around housing development.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

If he’s not sure about a townhouse in a dystopian housing development, he too can say no.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

Now that Rose had completed her little version of our housing development, she had moved on to copying some of the other buildings that surrounded it.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore