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Recent Examples of subdivision
My subdivision will never again be fields and meadows, the valley will never be an unbroken wildlife corridor.
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Maggie Slepian, Longreads, 14 May 2026
Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling is a subdivision of Reyes Holding, which manages major beer and drink distributors and McDonald’s largest global distributor.
—Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Most of the original Azure Vista subdivision had been sold by the PHA by the end of 1957, although the last block south, between Casitas and Ladera streets, was not sold until January 1961 in what seemed to have been a completely separate transaction.
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026
Yard designed for privacy Backing up to a greenbelt, the backyard is designed to feel private — less like a subdivision and more personal retreat.
—David Caraccio
may 9, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
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Maggie Slepian, Longreads, 14 May 2026
Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling is a subdivision of Reyes Holding, which manages major beer and drink distributors and McDonald’s largest global distributor.
—Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Most of the original Azure Vista subdivision had been sold by the PHA by the end of 1957, although the last block south, between Casitas and Ladera streets, was not sold until January 1961 in what seemed to have been a completely separate transaction.
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026
Yard designed for privacy Backing up to a greenbelt, the backyard is designed to feel private — less like a subdivision and more personal retreat.
—David Caraccio
may 9, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subdivision
Noun
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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
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In a report released Friday, Warshaw said the Oakland Police Department had met all 51 benchmarks needed to escape federal court oversight — an achievement never before reached by the department.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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Rick Morton, the department’s public information officer.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Instead, pluralism, naturally associated with diversity and popular agency, was made into the cultural face of capitalism—it was branded as a false openness mimicking the free market, as a flattening that might cause art and art history to lose the threads of progress and quality.—
Katy Siegel,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Aguilar was taken into custody during a SWAT operation involving multiple law enforcement agencies.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Halverson gestured to a telephone behind him on his office desk.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Our real estate data comes from public records that have been registered and digitized by local county offices.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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“Subdivision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subdivision. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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