How to Use subdivision in a Sentence

subdivision

noun
  • The subdivisions didn’t end in the high-school halls.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The request is for a site plan and a 1-lot subdivision.
    Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • This means every new road, canal and subdivision takes a bigger bite out of its world.
    Eve Bohnett, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The remains were found in a patch of woods close to the subdivision in which Prescott lived.
    John Magsam, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2020
  • The site is the last piece of the Fairbourne subdivision.
    Rose Evans september 12, Idaho Statesman, 12 Sep. 2025
  • As the city adds subdivisions, what if the study is wrong, Maletta asked her.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • That meant a grid of streets that over the years also became a maze of roads in winding subdivisions.
    Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
  • The subdivision is well-planned with easy access to all services and close to my office.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2021
  • The home is located in a subdivision on the southeast edge of town.
    Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2023
  • He was found curled up in a ditch across from the entrance to his subdivision, officials said.
    Jen Guadarrama, The Indianapolis Star, 12 May 2021
  • The roundabout is about 2 miles from the subdivision.
    Arkansas Online, 16 May 2026
  • The ocean breeze that cools the subdivision during warm summer days was fanning the flames.
    Hannah Frystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2022
  • The couple used to see marsh rabbits on the road into their subdivision.
    Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Their home had backed up to a 300-acre farm that’s now been sliced into subdivisions.
    Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Blaker was the lone member voting against the zone change for the subdivision.
    Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
  • Plans for the subdivision also call for walking paths and two parks, Kleven said.
    Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The pandemic closed many pools and, for a while, forced King to swim in a pond next to a subdivision.
    David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Milne, who owned much of the land near Port Pontchartrain, drew up plans for a subdivision.
    Blake Pontchartrain, NOLA.com, 24 Aug. 2020
  • The area is a patch of tall grass between a subdivision, a few homes and a water pumping station.
    Kaitlin Edquist, chicagotribune.com, 11 Aug. 2020
  • About an acre in the northwest corner of the subdivision is set aside for a future fire station.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
  • In the past, the residents of a downwind subdivision had to sign an odor waiver.
    Scott Sayare, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Three decades ago, this area was mostly prairie sprinkled with quiet subdivisions.
    Justin Mayo, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • Her subdivision was built largely in the 1960s and has not changed much since then.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • Most of the subdivision does not have sidewalks, including the area where the women were hit.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Old farm roads are now filled with cars carrying the residents of new subdivisions.
    David Staats, Idaho Statesman, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The home where the victims were found was in a new subdivision with new homes, overlooking Enoch.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Renting it out in the subdivision might be more challenging.
    Tim Hornyak, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Azure Vista was by no means unique as a new subdivision at that time in Point Loma.
    Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The Wurzers' home was part of a subdivision once known as Bay Ridge.
    La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2023
  • These subdivisions are crossed not by timer or physical marker but by feeling.
    Matt Negrin, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025

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