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estate

[ih-steyt] / ɪˈsteɪt /




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Police in India told CalMatters that the gangs often target “real estate developers, liquor contractors, transporters, and local businessmen” — people with higher incomes or assets.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Real estate is a natural tax base for the city.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

This planning includes the money you’re leaving to your cherished charitable causes: The more assets you can leave to beneficiaries as transfer-on-death or payable-on-death, the more of your estate will bypass probate.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Ostrover and Lipschultz have become billionaires, buying a hockey team, a piece of a football team and luxury real estate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Even so, in Miss Lumley’s day, to be the governess in a grand estate was a lonely job.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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