acreage

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He said that will largely depend on whether owners of smaller acreages can get enough money from conservation credits.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2023

To put those acreages in perspective, 20 million acres is roughly the size of South Carolina; 600 million acres is more than Alaska and Texas combined.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2022

Rafik owns vast acreages of farmland he cleared himself; he dabbles in politics at a high level.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2022

The government has pledged to plant vast acreages of trees and restore peatlands, and to persuade every cook to switch from their beloved gas stoves to electric ones.

From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2021

Gypsy moths arrived in 1983 and have since ravaged considerable acreages of oaks and hickories.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson