housing estate
nounDefinition of housing estate
British
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At the foot of public housing estates, beneath the glitzy lights of busy shopping districts, up on the rocky ridge of the iconic Lion Rock mountain, and alongside the rumble of trams, hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong protesters joined hands today. — Mary Hui, Quartz, "Photos: Hong Kong protesters unify in a human chain across the city," 23 Aug. 2019 Their new book Eastern Blocks features 100 images of modernist housing estates and other unusual Soviet-era structures. — Laura Mallonee, WIRED, "Ugly or Beautiful? The Housing Blocks Communism Left Behind," 6 Aug. 2019 Let the mandate for equality spring from every farm and crossroads and housing estate in Ireland. — Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, "Noel Whelan died last night," 11 July 2019 In fact the public housing estates always have amazing color schemes. — Teen Vogue, "YanYan Makes A Case For Wearing Knits In The Summer," 30 May 2019 The aggregate number probably doesn’t reflect the market’s gloomy sentiment—prices in some housing estates have fallen more than 10% in just the past month. — Jacky Wong, WSJ, "The World’s Priciest Property Market Is Getting (a Bit) Cheaper," 26 Nov. 2018 Many social-housing estates have signs banning ball games. — The Economist, "What makes a country good at football?," 9 June 2018 Documentary by Chad Freidrichs explores the development and failure of a 1950s housing estate in St. Louis. — Mark Rapp, cleveland.com, "Cleveland Silver listings for April 13-20: "Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut" at Cleveland Cinemas' Capitol Theatre & More," 12 Apr. 2018 When a republican party wins the general election, the monarchy is dismantled and the royal family is sent to a housing estate to live like all the other Brits. — Angela Haupt, chicagotribune.com, "Books to get you ready for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's royal wedding," 14 Dec. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'housing estate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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