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acre

[ay-ker] / ˈeɪ kər /
NOUN
piece of land, unit of area
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Brundo is asking $15 million for the property that spans more than an acre on the edge of Melrose Hill, a niche neighborhood at Melrose and Western avenues known for its trendy restaurants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

One acre of Yosemite has kicked off a battle over the future of National Parks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 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

Cost of such treatment is about one dollar per acre.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

“Thousands upon thousands of acres of Merlot had gone into the great Central Valley,” said Janet Trefethen, the co-founder of Trefethen Family Vineyards in Napa Valley.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Waveny, the New Canaan, Conn., estate where I grew up, sat on 400 acres landscaped by the sons of Frederick Law Olmsted, the co-designer of New York’s Central Park.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

After the Norte fire tore through 570 acres across south Orange County, destroying many homes in the process, everybody needed this.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

The 13.49-acre offering represents only part of Foreman’s larger property, which encompasses approximately 28 acres.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 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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