government land

Example Sentences

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He wants to rapidly expand emergency shelters on unused government land “so that people living in encampments have somewhere safe to go immediately.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

District Magistrate Vandana Singh said the mosque and the madrassa were demolished because they were illegally built on government land and were not registered as religious structures.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2024

Officials from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's federal government, which has been carrying out the demolitions, however say the houses were built illegally on government land and their removal "is a continuous activity".

From Reuters • Sep. 5, 2023

It used government land in the West to help finance the Union Pacific-Central Pacific and Northern Pacific railroads.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023

Thousands of aliens had taken out their first papers, filed on government land, proved up and established their homes, failed to complete their naturalization and yet were fully qualified to vote.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI by Harper, Ida Husted