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acre

noun as in piece of land, unit of area

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When the sack finally arrived by rail, Schatz hauled it onto his buggy and set off for his newly plowed five acres.

The resulting search covered more than 500 acres.

I also have animals, which are very important to me, including a horse, so I would need a property with a few acres.

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Corn yields were pegged at 186 bushels an acre, down from 186.7 bushels an acre in the USDA’s September report but also still a record high, beating the previous record of 179.3 bushels an acre.

A wildfire ignited near Crowley Lake in Mono County on Thursday afternoon, quickly growing to 1,000 acres and threatening homes in a nearby trailer park, authorities said.

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