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acres

  • plural
    of acre.
    acre
    noun
    a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.

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The Brampton assembly facility has 2.95 million square feet of floor space on 269 acres.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Finnimore has been the principal custodian of 4.5 acres of land at Coed Troednoeth, Tir y Gafel since the previous owner left in 2018.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Created by the Texas Constitution of 1876, PUF makes investments and owns 2.1 million acres of land, much of which is in the Permian Basin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Her former family home was in Sherborn, Mass. From there, they packed up their belongings and relocated to a house on 26 acres in Vermont.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

But my heart is already promised—to this 320 acres of mine.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson