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estate

[ih-steyt] / ɪˈsteɪt /




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"Swathes of the NHS and social care estate are in disrepair following decades of under-investment and are utterly unprepared for extreme temperatures."

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Having pivoted away from a traditional home in the center of Aspen, Oates turned to a real estate agent friend, who began taking him on tours of properties that might better fit their needs.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

Paramount Skydance plans to redevelop its historic Hollywood studio as it consolidates the vast Warner Bros. and Paramount real estate empires.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Such detail is important so authorities can see where access points to the housing estate are, useful when planning for climate emergencies such as wildfires.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

She tried to imagine a bird’s-eye view of the estate.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

When Anderson died more than a decade ago, the Connecticut estate tax kicked in for estates valued above $2 million.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

I’m a writer who has been sent out on assignment to the stucco estates of suburban Los Angeles to profile a young socialist named Hasan Piker.

From Slate Aug. 7, 2026

For some families with complex estates, consolidating accounts and assets under one trustee can help everything run more smoothly.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 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

He was twenty-five and had already been working on the tea estates for six years.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

When Councillor Holmes comes down at the assizes, I'll lay a case before him, and I'll wager a trifle, Peter, you will turn out to be an estated gentleman.'

From Lord Kilgobbin by Charles James Lever

You ain't above taking all our money and seeing us starve; and that when you have got everything round you here like an estated gentleman, as you are?'

From John Caldigate by Anthony Trollope

"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

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

But Thaddeus, otherwise Thady Macdermot, being an estated gentleman, must have a gentleman's residence on his estate, and the house of Ballycloran was accordingly built.

From The Macdermots of Ballycloran by Anthony Trollope




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