acre
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From Huddleston’s nearby piece of property, it sought 71 at $60,000 per acre.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The lab sat on an acre of land in a forest that straddles the border of Abidagba and Iroto villages.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
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
Rocks, dirt, barbed wire, ferocious dogs, menacing guards, and acre after acre of drab barracks stretched as far as I could see.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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Since then, the government granted legal status to dozens of outposts and opened thousands of acres of land to Jewish settlers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Eight years ago he dedicated two acres of his farm in Wayanad Kerala, to the crop.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
"This is 1,000 acres, it's a big farm. Anyone could be anywhere and you wouldn't know."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The animosity dates back to the board’s decision last year to purchase 20 acres where they hope to eventually build a new fire station and civic hub.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
And if Dino-land turns out to be a bust, guess who owns thirteen thousand acres of nothing?
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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