residential area

Example Sentences

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The Santa Monica Police Department responded to the sighting near a residential area near 14th and Montana streets, according to a police department social media post.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

The following year, Ju Ae wore a partially see-through blouse - revealing her arms - to the completion ceremony for a residential area of the capital, Pyongyang.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

The evacuation order was unprecedented in scale, encompassing a 6-square-mile, densely populated residential area with hundreds of thousands of people.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

Vahid Online posted one video taken from the top floor of a residential area of loud anti-government chants echoing around the buildings.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

There was a large residential area filled with the people’s thatched homes.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis