subdivide

Example Sentences

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Her house was razed, and the property was subdivided around 1951.

From Washington Post

Hong Kong is notorious for its number of subdivided flats, estimated at 110,000 units at a median area of 124 square feet, smaller than a parking space.

From Reuters

Its basic three-act structure of childhood, Army service and wedded bliss is as subdivided as a California lot into shorter episodes and paragraphs, many only one sentence long.

From New York Times

It starts broad with three domains: Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya, then subdivides into kingdoms, continuing to narrow itself down all the way to species.

From Salon

Bing eventually lost control of the land, and it was slowly subdivided into three parts and brought to market.

From Los Angeles Times