acre
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Set on an acre overlooking L.A., the house spans 22,300 square feet with eight bedrooms, 15 bathrooms, an elevator, a movie theater and a swimming pool.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
There are also plans in place to extend it out a further acre – making space for about 5,000 more pumpkins.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Situated just below Griffith Park, the sprawling estate encompasses 4,026 square feet of living space and sits on more than an acre.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
The trust bought a mountainside lot on about two-thirds of an acre for $315,000 in cash, the seller told the newsrooms.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Before hybrids, a farmer could plant eight thousand corn plants in an acre.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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Mr. Specht tells us that “Kiliaen Van Rensselaer never visited the nearly 750,000 acres along the Hudson River that he acquired between 1629 and 1637.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
They said water agencies have committed under the agreements to carry out restoration work on about 20,000 acres of floodplain habitat as well as more than 5,000 acres of tidal wetlands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
A mystery billionaire bought 19 acres in prime Naples.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
When the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opened in September, it touted its 11 acres of park space and greenery from the ground to its undulating roof as a celebration of California’s landscape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
That there’s a big stone-and-wood building surrounded by acres of land in the northern part of New York State.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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