real estate
Americannoun
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property, especially in land.
three acres of real estate.
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available space or capacity.
A bigger screen will give you extra real estate.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of real estate
First recorded in 1640–45
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Housing, agriculture, small business and commercial real estate face something considerably tighter.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
To test this, the team created a multimodal artificial network in which spatial and distributed systems competed for "real estate."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
Paxton’s scandals, for instance, involved elaborate financial transactions and real estate details, which would be hard for most people to follow if they were paying attention, but is all but impossible in our environment.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Billionaire Trump has used American media to his advantage over the years as a provocative real estate developer in New York.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Invalids, retirees, and small businessmen were drawn to southern California by real estate ads promising a warm climate and a good life.
From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser
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