real estate

Definition of real estatenext
as in capacity
the largest number or amount that something can hold the enormous difference in real estate between a high-definition disk and one in standard definition

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Recent Examples of real estate Old Town in Dixie County ranked third, with a median home value of $207,787, and an impressive 48 percent increase in real estate prices over five years. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2026 Our real estate data comes from public records that have been registered and digitized by local county offices. Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026 The people who live in apartments, multi-family, or single-family homes made possible by institutional investors and private equity real estate funds all benefit. Edward Peter Stringham, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026 Quiet also partnered with real estate brokerage JLL to offer a percentage rent model to customers using its warehouses. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 28 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for real estate
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Noun
  • Despite messy road conditions around Boston following Sunday’s winter storm, the crowd at TD Garden was near capacity.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Most organizations have no capacity for generative thinking.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
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  • Stir to combine, then add fennel (pan will be very full) and cook, occasionally turning fennel with a heatproof rubber spatula, until broth is simmering and fennel has reduced in volume slightly, 6–8 minutes.
    Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Ketter said the volume of traffic temporarily overwhelmed DreamHaven's website.
    Nick Lunemann, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026

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“Real estate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/real%20estate. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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