housing development
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of housing development
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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She talked to AFP from Winchester, near Southampton, where she was filming a new housing development.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Rucci searched for land along Imperial Valley’s towering power lines and cobbled together dusty lots in an abandoned industrial area next to a giant Homeland Security complex and a housing development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
An archaeological dig at a new housing development has provided a "remarkable window into life in the area during the Roman period".
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
A new state law that allows denser housing development near major transit stops goes into effect in July, opening the door to construction of more than 1 million new units in California’s urban centers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 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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