estate
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Infantino, who has been a frequent visitor to the Oval Office and Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, attended the president’s inauguration and accompanied him on visits around the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
The development, Forest City, is a symbol of China’s real estate bust, defined by overborrowing and overbuilding at home and abroad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
I am the executor and sole beneficiary of my sister’s estate.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Having grown up on a council estate in Belfast, Craig moved to Manchester in 2003 at the age of 18 to study politics and modern history at the University of Manchester.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
That well-tended estate was the very opposite of ramshackle, with no failing crops to be found, only daffodils in bright yellow bloom and the swelling green buds of tulips, full of promise.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
![]()
For some families with complex estates, consolidating accounts and assets under one trustee can help everything run more smoothly.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
In fact, estates with little or no money can sometimes be the most difficult to administer because debts, creditors and property issues still have to be addressed.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
It could face "fierce opposition" if that means people who would not have faced inheritance tax will now have their estates taxed, the paper adds.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
The area is lined with sweeping dunes and waterfront estates that make it comparable to Cape Cod and the Hamptons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
A small cadre of couriers has begun moving things to country estates.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
![]()
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
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
In fact, Gleeson stood before the public as a kind of guardian of estated property,—the providence of dowagers, widows, and younger children!
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) by Lever, Charles James
There is many an estated lord couldn't reach you out a fourpenny bit.
From New Irish Comedies by Gregory, Lady
Darby: You letting on to be an estated magistrate and my own cousin and such a great generation of a man.
From New Irish Comedies by Gregory, Lady
Vocabulary lists containing estate
Maus I: My Father Bleeds History
Looking to grow your vocabulary? Check out this interactive, curated word list from our team of English language specialists at Vocabulary.com – one of over 17,000 lists we've built to help learners worldwide!
Richard Nixon's "Checkers" Speech (1952)
Interested in learning more words like this one? Our team at Vocabulary.com has got you covered! You can review flashcards, quiz yourself, practice spelling, and more – and it's all completely free to use!
Beowulf vocabulary
Want to remember this word for good? Start your learning journey today with our library of interactive, themed word lists built by the experts at Vocabulary.com – we'll help you make the most of your study time!