real estate
Americannoun
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property, especially in land.
three acres of real estate.
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available space or capacity.
A bigger screen will give you extra real estate.
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Origin of real estate
First recorded in 1640–45
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The fund holds real estate investment trusts with a lower carbon footprint and are less susceptible to climate risks such as sea-level rise, floods, and storms.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
We excluded the real estate and communications sectors from our analysis because they didn’t become defined sectors until 2015 and 2018, respectively.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Its website used to describe it as a "leading UK real estate agency" with "eight branches" and "170 staff".
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Her husband has also jumped into the real estate game.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
Digging deeper, he called S&P and asked what happened to default rates if real estate prices fell.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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