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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

However, those areas may be less sensitive to this kind of development than a residential subdivision.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 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

Jason lived just down the road from Karin, in this uber-rich subdivision called Casavilla.

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

In 2025 it enacted SB15, which provided for lot size flexibility in new residential subdivisions by overriding some minimum local lot-size requirements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

In 2025, Texas passed bills legalizing housing on commercially zoned land and subdivisions of starter homes, which were rendered difficult or illegal to build by municipal zoning laws, large lot requirements, or other design requirements.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

Cities appealed to developers to pretty-please include some decent parkland in their subdivisions, but the elected ones for the most part didn’t have the will to use official muscle to insist on it.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

But it seemed to me that both of these concepts, career and maleness, were only subdivisions of the larger idea of race.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers




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