real estate

Definition of real estatenext
as in capacity
the largest number or amount that something can hold the enormous difference in real estate between a high-definition disk and one in standard definition

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Recent Examples of real estate In 2017, the building’s new owner, a real estate developer, painted over the public murals with gray paint. Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026 Doug Shepherd is a California real estate broker with over 40 years of sales and marketing experience, more than 1,000 closed transactions, and over $150 million in career sales volume. Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Mar. 2026 Their real estate agent will have at least one copy as well. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2026 The attendee also said the provision could limit the ability of real estate agents to get the best price for the seller. Emily Wilkins, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for real estate
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  • Iran had been building that capacity in Iraq since the 1980s, cultivating Shia political networks, exile parties and militia groups during and after the Iran-Iraq War and beyond with the explicit goal of ensuring a post-Saddam Iraq would never again threaten Iranian security.
    Farah N. Jan, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026
  • That’s because one way a district can qualify for financial hardship is to have bond indebtedness of at least 60% of the total bonding capacity.
    Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
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  • Past World Cup years have boosted global volume of beer sold by about a quarter of a percent, with sales in the tournament’s months jumping as much as tenfold.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The largest dip came from the cross-Suez services, which saw volumes decline 36 percent to 55,000 TEUs.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 Mar. 2026

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