subdivision

Example Sentences

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We see how the form of a finial was generated by the progressive subdivision of a square, precisely the same process by which the mason would incise and cut his stone.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 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

Some eight workers were arrested in a chaotic scene of laborers running away from federal vehicles racing through the three-street subdivision at high speed, the builders said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

He and his wife, Cheri, bought a comfortable home in a tidy subdivision here in the heart of Bayou Country.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

Already he’d borrowed heavily to redo their house, to buy into the west side subdivision and golf course, and to wheedle a position on the proposed ski valley’s board of directors.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols