housing development
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of housing development
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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"The partnership was set up to deliver significant housing development, create an investor confidence and a platform for other developers to come into the market and invest in Manchester - which it has achieved."
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
A large-scale housing development has been approved on the former site of a state hospital campus in Costa Mesa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
She talked to AFP from Winchester, near Southampton, where she was filming a new housing development.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
One of them is a store built vertically along with a housing development, not the typical, single-level store, Millerchip said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
He lives in Grayson Village, the really nice housing development behind Vista Nueva, the apartment complex where I live.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
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