estate
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The overcrowding of the prison estate has been a problem for several years and successive government have released prisoners early in a bid to free up space.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
A life estate does not always run smoothly.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Prologis, the world’s largest owner of industrial real estate, said Wednesday that it is offering 0.092 new shares for each Segro share tendered, a 9.5% increase over its initial proposal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
I’d known of him as a New York real estate mogul from covering Trump’s first presidency, and New York politics and real estate before that, but only vaguely.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
Mrs. Bierens de Haan herself met me at the entrance to her estate.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Their claims of competitive harm are as sprawling as Hollywood mogul estates, including that the deal will reduce diversity in viewpoints.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Three summer music festivals on historical country estates have been cancelled at the eleventh hour, with the organiser blaming high costs and low ticket sales.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
However, Jonathan White, trusts and estates partner with Jordan & White in Danvers, Mass., says it’s better to get your wishes in writing, even if it’s just for the caregiver’s peace of mind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
People without kids probably leave their estates to siblings or friends.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
Before him, such a form of colonization had been used in the fifth century by the Athenians, who planted citizen estates in troublesome areas of their Aegean empire.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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This system was, however, especially disadvantageous to one class of estated proprietors, the Municipalities.
From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Maine, Henry Sumner, Sir
In connection with each of these settlements Pynar uses the phrase, 'I find planted and estated.'
From The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times by Godkin, James
He was an estated gentleman, and songs were made about his family.
From Three Plays by Colum, Padraic
There he lived like an estated gentleman, for Prairie du Pont was then nothing but a cluster of tenants around his feet.
From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
There were deeds, and bonds, and leases, rent-rolls, and valuations, and powers of attorney, and all the other imposing accessories of estated property.
From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) by Lever, Charles James
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