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subdivision

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Definition of subdivision

as in subdepartment

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Recent Examples of subdivision The home is in a subdivision outside of city limits that's not required to have fire hydrants. — CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026 Belle Dean, of Gary, carried a poster to raise money for her aunt and uncle, Rose and Floyd Franklin, who live in Gary’s Glen Ryan subdivision near Miller. — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 The roughly 15-mile Little Wekiva flows north from Orange County under state roads 436 and 434 in Altamonte Springs, before joining with the larger Wekiva River just west of the Alaqua Lake subdivision. — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026 That was the plan behind a 73-home subdivision that was approved for the Village in the Woods site more than 15 years ago; construction never went forward though. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for subdivision

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At Justice, he was assigned to the Bureau of Investigation, then a relatively poky subdepartment known to the public, if it was known at all, for sniffing out violations of the 1910 Mann Act.

— Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022

Definition of subdepartment

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At one point in the third quarter of South Carolina’s shutout win, athletic director Jeremiah Donati and other athletic department staffers were handing out free water bottles to fans.

— Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
States are passing laws requiring their education departments to create such guidance; Maryland, Idaho, Oklahoma and Virginia all added new laws this year, reported K-12 Dive.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026

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The relevant agencies in both countries are working to resolve the issues together and Israeli visitors to Thailand will receive official travel guidance asking them to respect Thai laws and culture, Teplitskiy said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
And if Muhammad has a good rookie year and Stevenson exits via free agency, Muhammad could move outside.

— Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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This also mirrored the home in which I was raised; my father went to an office every day and my mom stayed home (and drove all over town) taking care of my older brother and I, the house and garden, our pet dog, and our father.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
An exchange needs on-premise deployment inside its own perimeter; a broker is often better served by a hybrid model; and a family office or bank starts from regulatory requirements that differ case by case.

— Sergey Stopnevich, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

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