acre
Example Sentences
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But when a developer proposed converting 1,000 acres of farmland into a massive data center for training artificial-intelligence models last year, the community fought back.
“There’s almost an acre of sail to break our fall. If we jump out far enough, we’ll fall against sailcloth and canvas.”
From Literature
“Fifty-five acres. Used to belong to the Leon family,” says Colin.
From Literature
That there’s a big stone-and-wood building surrounded by acres of land in the northern part of New York State.
From Literature
Once the soil is packed into place, workers will have to add more native plants to cover those shoulders, about 13 acres in all.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
