estate
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She defeated real estate developer Rick Caruso by about 10 percentage points, even after he spent more than $100 million on his campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Prisons across England and Wales are at 98% capacity, with the latest government figures showing there are just 1,134 spaces remaining in the adult male prison estate.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The five-bedroom, nine-bathroom estate spans an impressive 6,855 square feet and boasts sweeping panoramic views across the San Fernando Valley.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Wholesale trade also weakened after being one of the biggest contributors to Canada’s growth in June, though some other service-producing industries expanded, including real estate, accommodation and food, and architectural, engineering and related services.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The property had first belonged to James Madison’s grandfather, Ambrose Madison, who moved his wife and three children there in 1732 and called the estate Mount Pleasant.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Casa Encantada — a 40,000-square-foot Bel-Air mega-mansion considered one of L.A.’s most iconic estates — has a new owner: Peter Thiel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
The donor avoids capital-gains taxes, gets an income-tax deduction and pushes assets out of taxable estates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Maine allows certain estates to be settled using a small-estate affidavit rather than the full probate process.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
Led by trained volunteers and held over coast paths and garden estates to town parks, the walks range from 10 to 90 minutes and are aimed at all abilities.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The stone sign in front of what looked like a new development read the prema estates.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
At the institution many of the chief estated gentlemen of the kingdom were selected for the dignity.
From Collections and Recollections by George William Erskine Russell
Every class, from the estated proprietor to the humblest peasant, is loud in asserting that the story is an infamous falsehood.
From Lord Kilgobbin by Charles James Lever
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 Charles James Lever
When Barrington was a great estated gentleman with a vast fortune at his command, it cost him wonderfully little thought to contract a loan, or even to sell a farm.
From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Charles James Lever
"It is upon estated property I intend to raise this loan, sir," said his Lordship, angrily.
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Charles James Lever
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