housing estate

noun

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The wasteland would be cleared to make way for a new postwar dream of tower blocks and housing estates, as well as a striking new modernist cathedral designed by Basil Spence, built adjacent to the ruins of the original. Ian Penman, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025 Grief and shock were heavy in the air as a steady stream of mourners came to pay their respects at a candlelight vigil Wednesday night by the side of a busy road, next to a small housing estate and opposite the school where Tuesday’s events unfolded. Henrik Pettersson, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025 Flixton resigned from the league that summer. Valley Road, located behind a housing estate, has faced an uncertain future ever since. Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025 Leicester have retained their former men’s training ground, Belvoir Drive, just outside the city centre, which is situated in a housing estate, and there is so far no information on the Land Registry of a sale. Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for housing estate

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of housing estate was in 1904

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“Housing estate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20estate. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.

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