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housing estate

noun

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The deadly inferno that tore through a high-rise housing estate in Hong Kong has killed at least 128 people, authorities said Friday, with some 200 people still missing. Peter Guo, NBC news, 28 Nov. 2025 The connected network of poles allowed the blaze to move between buildings, an event described as rare in Hong Kong’s dense housing estates. Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 27 Nov. 2025 Separately, the city’s leader announced on Thursday that all housing estates undergoing significant renovations will be inspected for safety. Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 27 Nov. 2025 As part of his retelling, Jacob takes his fellow support group members — and, by extension, the audience — back to his early childhood days living in a housing estate called the Meadows with his single mom and younger brother. Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for housing estate

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of housing estate was in 1904

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“Housing estate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20estate. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.

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