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 Kadyan joins the commercial real estate services and investment firm after most recently serving as a senior partner at McKinsey. John Kell, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026 As of Tuesday, March 31, the average Boise home was valued at $494,696, according to real estate website Zillow. Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 1 Apr. 2026 San Antonio has the highest apartment vacancy rate among the nation’s major markets, according to a recent report from commercial real estate data firm CoStar. Lily O'Neill, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Apr. 2026 The growing focus on spaces for pets as a major real estate selling point for couples has spread across the region, and the same sign could be seen in Bogotá, Rio de Janeiro, or any other major Latin American city. Manuela Castro, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for real estate
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Noun
  • Neither has served in an active military capacity during the current conflict.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The new facility will be based in the Finnish city of Lappeenranta with a capacity of up to 310 MW.
    Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The spikes in volume didn’t indicate whether the trades were buy or sell orders, but based on how prices moved as they were placed other traders quickly deduced that someone was selling oil futures, a bet on the value of the commodity falling, and buying stock futures, a bet on a market rebound.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • And yet the first half Sunday felt worse, because of the appalling volume of wide open Pacers three-pointers and the poor quality of the injury-riddled opponent.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2026

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