acreage

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Recent Examples of acreage Also, the interior secretary would be directed to sell certain Bureau of Land Management acreage to provide for housing. Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025 Good karma that… The elegant old bones of the property are due to the efforts of one John Franklin Miller--no relation to the golfer--a lawyer and former general in the Union Army who bought the all-wilderness acreage back in 1869. David Weiss, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025 Today, Chevron has a working interest in 1 of 5 Permian wells across 2.1 million acres and generates higher revenue per acre due to its royalty advantage and acquisition of acreage at substantially lower costs. David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025 Reflecting this trend, the Indian River Lagoon has lost about 63% of its oyster reef acreage since 1943, according to Linda Walters, a marine biology professor at the University of Central Florida. Molly Duerig, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for acreage
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Noun
  • Although foreign property ownership is legal in most of the countries on this list, the buying process can present all kinds of complications and costs.
    William P. Barrett, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
  • But after the multibillion-dollar losses from the Los Angeles fires, the FAIR Plan had to collect an additional $1 billion from its member companies, a move that will raise property insurance prices.
    Umair Irfan, Wired News, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • There’s a certain romanticism that lies at the heart of these remarkable gins, something conjured, perhaps, by that dramatic meeting of land and sea.
    Camille Berry, Vogue, 15 July 2025
  • Driftwood logs pile up along the shore like a sculptural installation, and gray whales are sometimes visible from land in the spring.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Despite Trump’s attempts to distance himself from Epstein since the disgraced financier’s first conviction in 2008, the two were previously pictured together on numerous occasions—including at Trump’s 1993 wedding to Marla Maples and at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
    Solcyré Burga, Time, 24 July 2025
  • These evolving trends further complicate the valuation and planning processes for collectors looking to integrate watches into their estates.
    Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • The sentencing comes nearly three years after the students were found stabbed to death in a rental house near the University of Idaho campus, shocking the quiet college town of Moscow and the nation.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 23 July 2025
  • In a high-rise on Northwestern’s downtown campus last week, 20 undergraduate students and alums from local colleges gathered for the Chicago Cancer Health Equity Collaborative Fellows program.
    Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • Today, real estate syndication companies are changing that.
    Feras Moussa, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • The real estate developer, hotelier, broadcaster, and philanthropist, who passed away in 2008 at age 86, and his wife Pauline (Polly) went on to donate the property to the University of Washington.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 July 2025

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“Acreage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acreage. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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