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Recent Examples of acreageThe vast acreage of the Newport Beach Golf Course has the city eyeing it for help meeting housing needs, a developer interested in building a surf park and golfers wanting to preserve an affordable option for their recreation.—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 1 May 2026 Powder Mountain With the most skiable acreage in North America, Powder Mountain is the place to be when the snow starts flying in Utah.—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2026 Much of that acreage is in the Sacramento Valley farm communities of Yuba and Sutter counties.—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026 That’s nearly twice the average acreage burned by that date for the previous 10 years.—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for acreage
Crime rankings varied depending on whether analysts measured violent crime only, included property crime, or compared cities of different sizes.
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James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
We were attracted to a rural, heavily wooded part of Wesley Chapel, where deer are common and roosters crow, and to the majestic live oak trees on our new property.
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Joseph Bonasia,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2026
Partly correct on raw land use — but misleading in practice.
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James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
People see it as part of a wider pattern where affluent estate owners increasingly close off rural land, citing privacy, protection, and security concerns while gradually restricting spaces that local communities historically enjoyed.
Fulton covers sections of the city east of the 101 Freeway, writing voicey blurbs that collect upcoming events, intriguing real-estate listings, and niche celebrity gossip.
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Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
The former attorney was sentenced to life in prison in 2023 after being found guilty of killing his wife and son on their family estate.
This story is republished via CT Community News, a service of the Connecticut Student Journalism Collaborative, an organization sponsored by journalism departments at college and university campuses across the state.
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Krisztian Elcsics,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
Officials said future phases of the project would expand allied health program capacity and align with the Rocklin campus modernization project currently underway.
The lawsuit cites a New York Times story in which a real estate consultant who tracks local trends in the Miami condo market, Peter Zalewski, estimated the property could sell for at least $360 million.
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Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
For investors looking for more flexible real estate options, Mauritius offers a list of residency-by-real-estate-investment programs, including the option to obtain a residence permit by purchasing an eligible property for at least $375,000.
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Brittany Chang,
Condé Nast Traveler,
13 May 2026