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acre

[ey-ker] / ˈeɪ kər /
NOUN
piece of land, unit of area
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Located on Miami Beach’s ultraexclusive Star Island, the 10-bedroom, 12-bath mansion sits on more than an acre of waterfront land with approximately 240 feet of Biscayne Bay frontage.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

There were also two fires in San Luis Obispo County — the 10 acre Twitchel fire and a 543 acre fire at a solar ranch, which was 80% contained by the end of the day.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

As well as the property - set in an acre of grounds on cliffs overlooking Downderry Beach - Darren has also won £250,000 cash.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

This isn’t just an average hyperscale project — it’s a $16 billion, 250 acre OpenAI and Oracle campus.

From Salon Jun. 12, 2026

Mr. Lucas’s house sat less than a half acre beyond the vegetable garden to our right side.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

Her message is that people do not need acres of land to help.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

The 2,800-square-foot, Cape Cod-style home sat on more than two acres and was worth at least twice the amount remaining on its mortgage.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

It grew rapidly and burned 2,690 acres before forward progress was halted.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Bears Ears, which covers 1.35 million acres, was proclaimed in 2016 under president Barack Obama on the basis of its cultural sites sacred to Indigenous tribes.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

When the first Europeans arrived in the New World, there were perhaps 950 million acres of woodland in what would become the lower forty-eight states.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson



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