acreage

noun

Definition of acreagenext
as in acres

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Recent Examples of acreage The precise open-space acreage has varied in different reports and IBM still owns the entire property. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026 Building fuel capacity The company says the additional acreage will be important as demand for advanced reactor technology grows in the US and allied markets. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026 Mathon downsized that proposal, and in late June asked to rezone just 98 acres for multifamily development, while dividing the rest of the acreage — much of it with wetlands — between traditional housing and industrial park zones. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026 In fact, the extra acreage was so removed from Blue Stone Manor that Medley had long assumed it was owned by someone else. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for acreage
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  1. property
  2. land
  3. estate
  4. campus
  5. real estate
Noun
  • He is charged with destruction of property to prevent its seizure, a felony that could carry five years in prison.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Vorobyov also reported damage to residential properties in three districts to the east of Moscow and to a shopping center, local government building and residential building in Kolomna to the southeast of the capital.
    — David Brennan, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of property
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  • The ability for those tailings to be stored on land safely is a key debate.
    — Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Strancally Castle was built around 1830 on land overlooking the River Blackwater and underwent extensive renovation in 2003, according to a state architectural archive.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of land
Noun
  • As computing systems become more power-intensive, choosing a site is no longer simply a real-estate decision.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Her father, a former pro football player, was a trusts and estates lawyer in White Plains, New York, where Nancy and her two brothers grew up.
    — Robert D. Mcfadden, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of estate
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  • Sant Ambroeus Aspen A bear recently wandered into a restaurant in Aspen, while another was spotted on Colorado State University's campus during move-in week.
    — Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The Common App report showed double-digit declines in applications from Asia and Africa, but the number of European students applying to American campuses also fell by 4%, reversing years of steady increases.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of campus
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  • The backstory The owners, Pontus Group, are Finnish, and specialise in the pursuit of developing real estate with a strong sustainable emphasis.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026
  • He was mostly focused on real estate and was, at one point, ranked among the richest Ukrainians.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of real estate

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