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properties

noun

plural of property

as in plots

a small piece of land that is developed or available for development bought a secluded property in the mountains

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something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind the ability to be magnetized is a common property of metals

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Recent Examples of properties The company operates approximately 8,000 hotels across more than 100 countries, with roughly 6,000 properties in North America. — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 In a video on Facebook, a motorist canvassed the streets of Indian Trail as fires consumed properties and cars on both sides of the road. — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 2 Aug. 2026 The erosion caused by high tides and surf Saturday was in addition to earlier damage reported last week around several beachfront properties that were destroyed in the January 2025 Palisades Fire , Malibu officials said. — City News Service, Daily News, 2 Aug. 2026 Lycopene is an antioxidant with several anti-cancer properties. — Sherri Gordon, Health, 2 Aug. 2026 Different properties sit at the nexus of different taxing districts, which pay different percentages of their land value to the county. — Mark Dee august 2, Idaho Statesman, 2 Aug. 2026 Cowan said that of the people connected with the properties searched, Su is only familiar with Hagman. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026 Kibale Lodges shares the ethos of the group’s other four lodges, employing only Ugandans to run and manage properties, and fusing luxury with social and environmental impact, through Volcanoes Safaris Partnership Trust (VSPT). — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 July 2026 Please, county supervisors, ban these properties from existing in our neighborhood. — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2026

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Noun

And the blend of big acting, ambitious sets, and poignant plots helped this show become something truly transcendent.

— Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026
Characters must be coherent; plots must be tight and any gaps in the plot must be patched.

— Sabrina Jaszi, The Dial, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of plots

Noun

The researchers demonstrated the concept using signals whose characteristics changed over time, including handwriting and object movement at different speeds.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2026
These characteristics reduce risk and increase confidence that the business will continue performing after the ownership changes hands.

— Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of characteristics

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According to a staff report, the development would also establish landscape tracts along College Boulevard for buffering.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
New research is drawing sharper links between dementia risk and where people live, from segregated census tracts to entire regions of the country.

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026

Definition of tracts

Noun

But these technical qualities only throw into relief the plastic, uncanny-valley feel of the characters whizzing about this latter-day Skull Island.

— Caspar Salmon, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Those qualities don’t usually make it into rom-coms like this one, about the relationship between Monica Barbaro’s commercial-jingle singer Allie and Callum Turner’s pizza-shop owner Owen.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of qualities

Noun

When finalizing the blend, Aden and his team considered a number of potential whiskey parcels, and accordingly different age statements.

— David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Per the listing, two additional undeveloped parcels totaling 10 acres, with one overlooking the vineyards of the neighboring Lasseter Family Winery, offer room to expand.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 30 July 2026

Definition of parcels

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Many of the original features have been preserved, including two magnificent fireplaces with bread ovens.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
Regardless, work will continue on the underground security features of the ballroom project while construction of the main building is battled over in court.

— Nathan Lee, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of features

Noun

Reese and Styles were this draft’s best athletes, and there were other safeties in this class with better physical attributes, but Downs was the best pure football player in the class.

— Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Anderson said the discussion isn’t an attack on e-bikes, which have positive attributes.

— Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 4 Aug. 2026

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