private property
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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To be sure, Congress can create new private property or contract rights that cannot be undone later because they are shielded by other parts of the Constitution.
From Slate • May 26, 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
It was a bad look for the navy of one of the world’s two noisiest champions of private property and market freedom.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
Wallace and the four other 18-year-olds involved were also charged with criminal trespass and littering on private property.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
Most of the Europeans who traveled to what they called the New World in 1492 and after were those whose families had been displaced when the commons were converted to private property.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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