acre
Example Sentences
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The fifth-generation farmer still wakes early each morning to tend to roughly 1,000 acres of corn and soybeans and 40 cattle.
The river provides for about 35 million people and 5 million acres of farmland, from the Rocky Mountains to northern Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times
Set on a sprawling 10 acres at the foothills of the Topa Topa Mountains, the compound is anchored by a spectacular Mediterranean-style primary residence that spans more than 5,200 square feet.
From MarketWatch
This was the type of place where people were polite but mostly kept to themselves, Nathan said, adding that each house was set on an insulated plot of around an acre.
The backyard went on for acres and it was filled with mango trees and orange trees and cherry bushes and blueberry brambles.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
