lands
Britishplural noun
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holdings in land
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the part of a farm on which crops are grown
Example Sentences
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A few weeks before Robert arrived in Baku, Mr. Brunt relates, the czar had “set more than 3,000 acres of prime oil lands for auction to private speculators.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
He pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge in 2019 of burning lands that belonged to another and paid $600 in court fees while serving 36 months of probation, according to court records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Al-Dabba himself lost some 400 hives, which he had kept in agricultural lands east of Gaza City.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Given the secretary’s own much-discussed brain-worm story, the moment lands like a joke no one on set appears to notice.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
“Distant lands, my, my,” he cooed as they walked.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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