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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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
Pathways to residency include European ‘golden visas’ costing $170,000 to $900,000, and Panama’s $300,000 real estate investment.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
And even if you didn’t win those, everyone left with water bottles, cell phone cases, hoodies, and Wilfrido’s book about real estate.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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