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development area

British  

noun

  1. (in Britain) an area suffering from high unemployment and economic depression, because of the decline of its main industries, that is given government help to establish new industries

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Should such movement occur, it would be outside of the development area, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2023

Republican Supervisor Pete Candland recused himself due to a conflict of interest: He lives on a property in Pageland Lane, the proposed development area, that he has pledged to sell to developers.

From Washington Times • Nov. 2, 2022

A Huawei employee rests in his cubicle in the research and development area at the Bantian campus in Shenzen, 12 April.

From The Guardian • Dec. 9, 2019

“The Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center may be the most important economic development area since the Silicon Valley,” Heller said in a statement to The Washington Post.

From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2018

Villedrouin said the decree was being revised to include a registry only of land inside the development area.

From Reuters • Apr. 6, 2014

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