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 Skydance would not comment, but Cheeks has been seen as a strong lieutenant overseeing the TV properties under Paramount ever since Skydance took control of the company last August. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 2 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 Unlike other such sites, including the Thermal Club in southern California and the Concours Club in south Florida, the properties will not include a private racetrack. — Brett Berk, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2026 Investing in real estate in the traditional sense — by purchasing income-generating properties or flipping a home — can come with hefty upfront costs. — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026 Landowners in the Amazon generally must preserve 80% of the native vegetation on their properties. — Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 The partnership also establishes an audio media category for USA Lacrosse and includes exclusive content surrounding the sport’s events and properties. — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026 The federation provided little technical information about the work by Simabo and Wuhan Textile University, leaving its farming model, bioactive properties and production scale unclear. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026 Trending Video Inside Andy Cohen’s Hamptons Beach Home Ahead, AD tallies up the different properties Serena has added to her real estate portfolio. — Mekita Rivas, Architectural Digest, 25 Sep. 2026

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Noun

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

Noun

Specifically, the one from that parable where six blind men describe a beast based on just one of its characteristics.

— Shane O’Neill, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
That is one of the clearest characteristics of an asset transitioning from a downtrend into an uptrend.

— Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 1 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

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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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