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acre

[ey-ker] / ˈeɪ kər /
NOUN
piece of land, unit of area
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To keep up with demand, he has started planting 3 acres of fresh lettuce every other week, rather than his typical 1 acre.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

In 2014, they then held their wedding on the 1,200 acre property, which is located in Provence.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

Southeastern Utah, which is currently grappling with the 70,000-plus acre Cottonwood Fire, is under a rare “particularly dangerous situation” alert, which is the highest level of fire warning issued by the National Weather Service.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

As well as the property - set in an acre of grounds on cliffs overlooking Downderry Beach - Darren has also won £250,000 cash.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

We’d lived in a small white house on an acre of land with many trees.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

The blaze had grown to 10,374 acres, with 26% containment, as of Thursday afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

Rogan’s 11,000-square-foot mansion sits on 4 acres and has access to 300 feet of the Lake Austin frontage.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

Eric Gropper has about 350 breeding cows on around 8,000 acres of grassland in south-west South Dakota.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

When he finally purchased a few acres of property in Provence in southern France, he discovered no peaceful meadow but a landscape full of murder and indifference.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

During the early seventeenth century the English conquered Ireland and declared a half-million acres of Irish land open to settlement.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz



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