acre

Example Sentences

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Over the next year, Susan Saul and the Mount St. Helens Protective Association were called on many times to help decide exactly which acres were the most important to preserve.

From Literature

The area’s rugged terrain means coffee has to be picked by hand, and the typical farm there is less than 5 acres.

From The Wall Street Journal

But when a developer proposed converting 1,000 acres of farmland into a massive data center for training artificial-intelligence models last year, the community fought back.

From The Wall Street Journal

“There’s almost an acre of sail to break our fall. If we jump out far enough, we’ll fall against sailcloth and canvas.”

From Literature

“Fifty-five acres. Used to belong to the Leon family,” says Colin.

From Literature