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Recent Examples of subdivision
Political subdivisions may, in place of such standards, enact municipal health and safety standards to be operative during the housing emergency consistent with ensuring minimal public health and safety.
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Roger Valdez, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, Indiana A luxury home in an upscale subdivision in the suburbs of Indianapolis, Indiana.
—Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2024
To provide drinking water for his residents, Nunnally drilled wells into the ridge at the highest point in the subdivision and built a pump house out of limestone rock and hardy Dade County slash pine in the Mediterranean revival style.
—Nicolas Rivero, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
It's been nearly five years since Ahmaud Arbery was shot to death in Satilla Shores, a subdivision on the Georgia coast.
—Debbie Elliott, NPR, 21 Jan. 2025
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Roger Valdez, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, Indiana A luxury home in an upscale subdivision in the suburbs of Indianapolis, Indiana.
—Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2024
To provide drinking water for his residents, Nunnally drilled wells into the ridge at the highest point in the subdivision and built a pump house out of limestone rock and hardy Dade County slash pine in the Mediterranean revival style.
—Nicolas Rivero, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
It's been nearly five years since Ahmaud Arbery was shot to death in Satilla Shores, a subdivision on the Georgia coast.
—Debbie Elliott, NPR, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subdivision
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Two agencies within the health department, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Food and Drug Administration, removed webpages under that guidance.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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The nonprofit has contracted with the department for years.—
Jodi S. Cohen,
ProPublica,
11 Feb. 2025
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But Republicans have criticized the agency as being unaccountable and exceeding its legal authority.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Doherty pays tribute to Knight for giving the women in the story agency.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2025
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There were also dozens of people lined up outside the medical examiner's office.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2025
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The White House pandemic-response office was set up to play air-traffic control for the CDC, the NIH, and other agencies that have a role amid any outbreak.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Subdivision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subdivision. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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