land

Example Sentences

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But of the roughly 380 permit applications processed last year, none was denied, according to Peter Gill, executive director of the Land Use Review Board.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

While major employers like Jaguar Land Rover remain nearby, deprivation persists and unemployment benefit claims are more than double the national average.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

The authors of the report, "Environmental Cost of AI's Energy Use: Carbon, Water and Land Footprints", used primary data from a range of sources to make their estimates, Madani said.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Other collectors, he says, might be a little less obscure, leaning into mainstream characters such as Strawberry Shortcake or from ’80s and ’90s properties including “The Land Before Time” and “Rugrats.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

They sang protest songs and listened to community leaders who assured them that after hundreds of years spent wandering in the desert of segregation and oppression, the Promised Land was at last within sight.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson