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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
Cover crops, once rare, are now much more common, from the cooperative's member plots to estates like La Reynardière, which gives up seven or eight percent of its yield to them in the bet that living soils send roots deeper for water.
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Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Canals from the Deschutes still wind through Bend’s neighborhoods of single-family homes, and then to the estates, farms, ranches and destination resorts on the city’s outskirts.
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Emily Cureton Cook,
ProPublica,
26 June 2026
Many estates simply don't contain enough assets to pay every outstanding obligation.
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Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
Since then, prices for waterfront estates in Miami-Dade have skyrocketed as the area has attracted a crop of billionaire buyers including Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
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Catherine Odom
june 26,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
Fraud, complicated estates and ownership disputes are real.
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Mark Lewyn,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2026
And former Droll/Kolbert Gallery director Barry Rosen has spent decades as an adviser to the estates of several Hauser & Wirth artists, including Eva Hesse and Lee Lozano, and separately to the glass artist Dale Chihuly.
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Rachel Corbett,
Vulture,
18 June 2026
John Tharp, a wealthy planter who owned most of the estates, was the largest slave owner on the island, at one point in the early 1800s possessing more than two thousand people.
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Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
This tiny town offers a quieter, more understated glimpse into the region’s old-money coastal culture, complete with historic farms, centuries-old stone walls, sailing clubs, and sprawling estates like Greenvale Vineyards and Glen Farm.
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Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Canals from the Deschutes still wind through Bend’s neighborhoods of single-family homes, and then to the estates, farms, ranches and destination resorts on the city’s outskirts.
—
Emily Cureton Cook,
ProPublica,
26 June 2026
Many estates simply don't contain enough assets to pay every outstanding obligation.
—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
26 June 2026
Since then, prices for waterfront estates in Miami-Dade have skyrocketed as the area has attracted a crop of billionaire buyers including Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
—
Catherine Odom
june 26,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
Fraud, complicated estates and ownership disputes are real.
—
Mark Lewyn,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2026
And former Droll/Kolbert Gallery director Barry Rosen has spent decades as an adviser to the estates of several Hauser & Wirth artists, including Eva Hesse and Lee Lozano, and separately to the glass artist Dale Chihuly.
—
Rachel Corbett,
Vulture,
18 June 2026
John Tharp, a wealthy planter who owned most of the estates, was the largest slave owner on the island, at one point in the early 1800s possessing more than two thousand people.
—
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
This tiny town offers a quieter, more understated glimpse into the region’s old-money coastal culture, complete with historic farms, centuries-old stone walls, sailing clubs, and sprawling estates like Greenvale Vineyards and Glen Farm.
—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for estates
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Enter the brothers Moon, a troubled pair of Korean immigrant boxers who’ve carved out a life for themselves in the City of Angels, far away from the Beverly Hills mansions and Hollywood royalty of last season.
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The outdoor screenings take place across Aquidneck Island and are held on the lawns of historic mansions and in public parks.
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Schickler said Pelosi’s name has repeatedly surfaced in his classes as a case study in how to maneuver the body, such as her role in pushing for passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010.
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Families register for home-school, but students take classes in person for the regular school day and year.
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Because data centers tend to be built in clusters where public policy is forgiving and resources plentiful, the bulk of Americans who share their neighborhood with server farms live in a relatively small handful of states, such as Virginia and Texas.
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In 2025, those farms delivered 351 metric tons of cotton grown on 2,030 dryland acres.
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And, of course, there are plenty of castles, estates, and old manors to get your history fix.
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Blackwood, with her firsthand knowledge of drafty manors and unhinged families, explains with remorseless precision what lies behind the fantasy—what happens when the houses, and the people in them, are neither charismatic nor lovable.
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Subterranean, drywood and dampwood, the three most common types of termites in the United States, all have reproductive castes capable of flying in swarms.
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Today, many non-Hindus in India, including Muslims, Christians, Jains and Buddhists, also identify with certain castes.
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An uncontained blaze in Utah’s Juab County has scorched 34 square miles, forcing the evacuation of Eureka and nearby ranches as firefighters race to shield homes amid fierce winds.
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But people who spend time around livestock — including kids who visit relatives’ ranches, ride at lesson barns or wander the Stockyards on a weekend — should know what an infestation looks like and report anything unusual to a veterinarian.
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The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.
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While arched passageways reference those found in classic haciendas, the walls are hand-finished in quintessentially Mexican chukum plaster.
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The film catapulted Sara and her costars — Matthew Broderick, Alan Tuck, and Jennifer Grey — to new echelons of fame.
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But twists of fate instead sent him on a path full of political highs and lows that included the upper echelons of law and business.
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“Estates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estates. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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