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private property

British

noun

land or belongings owned by a person or group and kept for their exclusive use

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Without the meter, leaks are far harder to detect within pipes on private property.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Dozens of calls and complaints were made to L.A. city departments and police, he said, but went unaddressed — with officials telling him they couldn’t go inside the private property.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Protesters clashed with police as thousands of people braved stormy weather to demonstrate against a controversial private property bill outside the Argentine Senate on Thursday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

AMERICA’S distinctive advantage was always the liberal side of the rule of law: specifically, the types of rules that secure private property, punish anticompetitive conduct and hold the state at arm’s length from the firm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

“I know it’s private property, but we love the woods.”

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn

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