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as in mansions
a large impressive residence
the estates of multimillionaires line the shores of this ocean resort
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as in classes
one of the segments of society into which people are grouped
the passionate belief that a society is judged by how well it treats and cares for those in the lowest estate
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as in farms
a piece of land and its buildings used to grow crops or raise livestock
a huge coffee estate in Brazil
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Recent Examples of estates
That means families and estates have no legal recourse when someone uses AI to humiliate or misrepresent their loved one.
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Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Berlin isn’t known for waterfront estates—but this bucolic grande dame changes that.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2025
King has spent the last decade leading Red Giant Rights Group, a multimedia consortium that manages intellectual property for songwriters, artists, and estates.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
The company’s recent name change to Auberge Collection, from Auberge Resorts Collection, reflects the portfolio’s expansion beyond resorts into urban hotels, countryside estates and residences.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
In addition to the Park Avenue apartment, the Riggios also had estates in Palm Beach and Bridgehampton — their Hamptons place had a sculpture park with a Richard Serra.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 6 Oct. 2025
Whether that will result in a new round of talks with stakeholders — studios, agencies, guilds, estates and more — or spur a round of lawsuits like the legal salvos lobbed by Disney, Universal and Warner Bros.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2025
Advertisement In 1963, the Shah introduced land reforms to modernize the countryside by redistributing large estates to small farmers, breaking up control of feudal landlords, and promoting mechanized farming with state credit.
—Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Once there, stop at quintas (wine estates) such as Quinta do Seixo or Quinta da Pacheca for tastings and vineyard tours.
—AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Berlin isn’t known for waterfront estates—but this bucolic grande dame changes that.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2025
King has spent the last decade leading Red Giant Rights Group, a multimedia consortium that manages intellectual property for songwriters, artists, and estates.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
The company’s recent name change to Auberge Collection, from Auberge Resorts Collection, reflects the portfolio’s expansion beyond resorts into urban hotels, countryside estates and residences.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
In addition to the Park Avenue apartment, the Riggios also had estates in Palm Beach and Bridgehampton — their Hamptons place had a sculpture park with a Richard Serra.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 6 Oct. 2025
Whether that will result in a new round of talks with stakeholders — studios, agencies, guilds, estates and more — or spur a round of lawsuits like the legal salvos lobbed by Disney, Universal and Warner Bros.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2025
Advertisement In 1963, the Shah introduced land reforms to modernize the countryside by redistributing large estates to small farmers, breaking up control of feudal landlords, and promoting mechanized farming with state credit.
—Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Once there, stop at quintas (wine estates) such as Quinta do Seixo or Quinta da Pacheca for tastings and vineyard tours.
—AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for estates
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The fire tore through affluent coastal neighborhoods, leveling mansions with sweeping ocean views and reducing schools, businesses and churches to ash.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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The enclave is famous for its grand prewar co-ops and mansions commissioned by Gilded Age families such as the Rockefellers and Astors.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
8 Oct. 2025
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Behind the gallery is the Clay Studio at Wishing Springs, which offers beginner through advanced classes.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Oct. 2025
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The Melting Point offers beginner friendly classes for age seven and up.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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Many of the farms, which are traditionally passed down to men within a family, have been abandoned.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Oct. 2025
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What seemed like a win-win—cheap sewage disposal, free nutrients for farms—was actually toxic.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Designed for a Vanderbilt who never moved in, its monumental rooms were plucked from European manors and have somehow remained more or less unchanged for nearly a century.—
Robert Khederian,
Curbed,
17 Sep. 2025
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Initial reports claimed that armed militias burned hundreds of wealthy landowners’ homes and manors.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Ramayana has hundreds of versions — across states, dialects, castes.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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If found guilty, these men could face harsher punishments under Indian laws designed to protect disadvantaged castes.—
Esha Mitra,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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There are a thousand or so sanctioned rodeos every year around the country—the pro kind can offer million-dollar purses—but there are also many more smaller rodeos held every week on family ranches, 4-H fairgrounds, or tribal land.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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And besides, the sale money went to a good cause, the boys’ ranches.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Guests can stay in one of 12 luxe tree houses suspended above the Earth for an elevating experience, or in one of the 10 family-friendly haciendas.—
Lisa Greissinger,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Grey typically isn’t a colour associated with fun, but the background, lettering, stripe down the middle and sleeve design, have defied logic to propel the Raiders into the higher echelons of these rankings.—
Ajay Rose,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Few things are more luxurious than a cashmere sweater, but the luscious fabric isn’t reserved solely for the upper echelons of society.—
Melony Forcier,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Estates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estates. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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