landholding
noun
land·hold·ing
ˈland-ˌhōl-diŋ 
1
: the state or fact of holding or owning land
2
: property in land
landholding
adjective
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For at least 15 years, the Stamey father and son team worked on development opportunities for their landholdings bordered by I-40 to the north; U.S. Highway 70 and Statesville Regional Airport to the south; and manufacturers to the east and west.
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Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 22 Aug. 2025
Just as Ghanaian families have found customary land stewardship strained under the pressure of commodification and urban expansion, Black American families have seen their landholdings eroded by legal structures ill-suited to protect communal and oral inheritance.
—Taeya Boi-Doku, JSTOR Daily, 21 Aug. 2025
Historian Terry Bouton has argued compellingly that most of the framers, landholding elites, deeply mistrusted the mass of American countrymen, and saw democracy as a wild, unruly stallion that needed to be tamed.
—Matthew Redmond
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Found on Penicuik Estate, one of Scotland’s finest, rural landholdings, is Penicuik House, a historic house available for exclusive-use stays, due to open its doors next month.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
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Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 22 Aug. 2025
Just as Ghanaian families have found customary land stewardship strained under the pressure of commodification and urban expansion, Black American families have seen their landholdings eroded by legal structures ill-suited to protect communal and oral inheritance.
—Taeya Boi-Doku, JSTOR Daily, 21 Aug. 2025
Historian Terry Bouton has argued compellingly that most of the framers, landholding elites, deeply mistrusted the mass of American countrymen, and saw democracy as a wild, unruly stallion that needed to be tamed.
—Matthew Redmond
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Found on Penicuik Estate, one of Scotland’s finest, rural landholdings, is Penicuik House, a historic house available for exclusive-use stays, due to open its doors next month.
—Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
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“Landholding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landholding. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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