private property
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The city’s legal counsel later advised that Charleston no longer had a say in the matter because the monument now sat on private property.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
“On private property it’s a different story — except for protected species,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
He justified this view by citing a dysfunctional banking system, a highly unstable currency, the absence of the rule of law guaranteeing private property, the failure of the centrally planned economy, and "completely dilapidated" infrastructure.
From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026
He got lost and wandered onto private property.
From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026
J. G. Crowther has neatly summed up the real root of the problem, which Oldenburg fanned into flame: ‘Hooke could not understand what tact had to do with science...Newton regarded discoveries as private property’.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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