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Recent Examples of subdivision
In a 3-2 vote on Tuesday, the Antioch City Council gave the OK to the vesting tentative subdivision map and design review for the Wildflower Station Townhomes 2 project.
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Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
Talk of archaeology or historical import have been absent from the county’s discussion of the Cimarron Peak subdivision, as Davis and Hoyt call their project.
—Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
That was the name of the subdivision, Kimberly Hills.
—Alex Zalben, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2025
Much of the land today is a Cook County forest preserve called Robinson Woods, but some of it is part of a subdivision in the Chicago suburb of Schiller Park.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
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At Justice, he was assigned to the Bureau of Investigation, then a relatively poky subdepartment known to the public, if it was known at all, for sniffing out violations of the 1910 Mann Act.—
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According to the department, Sutton currently faces three counts of resisting an officer, two counts of public intimidation, two counts of battery of a police officer, one count of disturbing the peace and one count of criminal trespassing.—
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In October the agency fined the police department $153,000 and the sheriff’s office $184,000 for violations related to Rodarte’s death.—
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To date, the agency has investigated 408 fatal incidents resulting in 454 deaths on Arkansas highways, state police records say.—
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The company was also working with Transport for London on a double-decker electric bus, but the agency has yet to place an order.—
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The prosecutor's office said a 16-year-old boy from Sayreville was arrested and charged with acts of juvenile delinquency which if committed by an adult would constitute murder, weapons charges and armed riot.—
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Each president's portrait is accompanied by a placard describing events during their time in office, including Clinton's impeachment.—
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“Subdivision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subdivision. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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