acre
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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
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“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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