housing development

noun

: a group of individual dwellings or apartment houses typically of similar design that are usually built and sold or leased by one management

Examples of housing development in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web New home construction at a housing development in Queen Creek last year. Maanvi Singh, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2024 The housing development, which would consist of apartments, is being proposed on a vacant parcel alongside the Warm Springs BART station. George Avalos, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for housing development 

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Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of housing development was in 1939

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“Housing development.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20development. Accessed 5 May. 2024.

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