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housing development

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noun

  1. a group of houses or apartments, usually of the same size and design, often erected on a tract of land by one builder and controlled by one management.

Etymology

Origin of housing development

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

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The remaining 75 percent, like the Joshua Grove, which remained too remote for housing development, would be put to other agricultural uses.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Steers was also an original member of a nonprofit formed 25 years ago to fight a planned housing development called Moon Camp.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

The retailer said other housebuilders were in a similar position, and added that housing development had "collapsed" in London.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

If he’s not sure about a townhouse in a dystopian housing development, he too can say no.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

Now that Rose had completed her little version of our housing development, she had moved on to copying some of the other buildings that surrounded it.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

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