Thesaurus results for PROPERTIES

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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as in characteristics

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 Bubble buyouts of small properties, commandeered by families or groups of friends, became popular—a chance to enjoy your own private hotel. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026 Pumpkin Seeds Pumpkin seeds contain high amounts of magnesium, which Kash says is known for its stress-fighting properties. — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026 Astronomers like to look at large populations of objects because bigger sample sizes should better reveal trends in their properties. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026 Laboratory and animal studies have shown that butterfly pea plant extracts have antidiabetic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antipyretic, diuretic, antidepressant, and memory-boosting properties. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026 The Crown Estate is an independent company established by Parliament to manage a vast portfolio of properties throughout the United Kingdom that is nominally owned by the sovereign during his lifetime but is operated for the benefit of taxpayers. — Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 Rivera said emergency officials had received reports of damage to government buildings, commercial properties, churches, roads and other infrastructure. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 Residents in Oxford Circle, Castor Gardens and surrounding neighborhoods have reported rodent issues affecting their homes, yards, businesses, vehicles, vacant properties and neighborhood spaces, the resolution says. — Laura Fay, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 That would be painful with any medication, Azar said, but the specific properties of pentobarbital would make the experience exceptionally uncomfortable. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026

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There’s no winking at the audience, no sense of camp or parody, just a lot of appealing interactions, plus some wholly superfluous tertiary plots added to expand the story to series length.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Unsheltered intertwined two plots related to the precarity of American life and the danger of demagogues—one set at the dawn of the MAGA era.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of plots

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Fully agentic shopping remains a longer-term prospect, and each company has characteristics that could help insulate its business as the technology develops.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
But these trace elements can have an outsize effect on overall stellar characteristics.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of characteristics

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That makes the remaining relatively intact tracts especially important to preserve, according to conservation groups, particularly in a state like Illinois that has lost much of its native forests.

— Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Constraints have been rising in the Nordics, where investors were drawn to large tracts of land and renewable energy.

— April Roach,Jenny Lee, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of tracts

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What are the qualities that enabled you to always be on the pulse of what’s happening?

— Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Affleck, always at his best in roles that place his all-American alpha qualities under a harsh, sweat-inducing spotlight, has cast himself ideally here.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of qualities

Noun

Dual-arm robots handle parcels around a conveyor and fold clothing on a work surface, while a humanoid moves through a furnished environment and collects laundry.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
As those parcels are developed, the developer would need to build parking garages or reach agreements to use existing nearby parking lots.

— Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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There are also some interesting features of the actual delivery of the first two as well.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
In all, 129 features, documentaries and shorts will hit screens inside the Sie FilmCenter, Ellie Caulkins Opera House, MCA Denver at the Holiday Theater, and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of features

Noun

The team’s brightest moment comes when Olivia realizes that Daisy has incorporated her unique personality traits, like praying repetitiously and loving the musical Annie.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
Publishers sold albums of facsimile autographs, and the interest developed into the field of graphology, the practice of analyzing a person’s handwriting to purportedly discern personality traits.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

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