acres

Example Sentences

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The engine was responding to the Cranston fire, which burned 2 acres in the Valle Vista community of Riverside County before being contained, according to Watch Duty, a nonprofit that tracks wildfires.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

Developers have proposed eight data centers spanning over 7,600 acres, or 12 square miles.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

He owns 8.5 acres and a 1,250-square-foot A-frame house.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

Hundreds of other homes and structures were destroyed by that fire, which erupted in October 2017, ultimately burning more than 51,000 acres, destroying 783 structures and taking six lives.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Uncle Chester had planted twenty acres in flax and harvested eighty bushels.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson