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Hu, who works in real estate and construction, has lived for two decades on a street in Ashburn, Va., that backs up to a wooded conservation easement where, she thought, nothing could be built.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Inside, a modern, open-concept floor plan adds to the tranquil vibe of the estate.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

When the rabble in the street gets too close to the presidential palace for comfort, they keep half an eye on Florida real estate, much like Northeast Corridor retirees.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

It “has much to do with real estate scions fancying themselves purveyors of a new Renaissance, but the buildings themselves are less inspired by Renaissance principles than vague stabs at worldliness.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

“I was sent to retrieve you here, and to take you to my home, where you’ll stay for some time while we figure things out. I am the executor of your parents’ estate.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

They were grandees of enormous estates where cattle mostly tended themselves until they were rounded up and sold for their hides, which came to be called “Yankee dollars.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

It’s also not hard to imagine the estates of Big Mama Thornton and Arthur Crudup — should any such entities exist — scoffing at those headlines.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

For families with complex estates, consolidating accounts and assets under one trustee can help everything run more smoothly.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

Juan Munoz-Oca, the estates director for Marchesi Antinori’s U.S. business, said he learned of the theft Thursday morning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Back in the late ’60s and early ’70s when President Banda was building all the big estates near Wimbe and Kasungu, there was lots of work for the local men.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba

There is many an estated lord couldn't reach you out a fourpenny bit.

From New Irish Comedies by Lady Gregory

There he lived like an estated gentleman, for Prairie du Pont was then nothing but a cluster of tenants around his feet.

From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Mary Hartwell Catherwood

"I don't exactly see to what extent we should have been liable—whether only the estated property, or also all funded moneys."

From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Charles James Lever

"Likening theyselves to the quality, as though they was estated folk, or the like o' that!" said Mrs. Guffern.

From Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope

But Thaddeus, otherwise Thady Macdermot, being an estated gentleman, must have a gentleman's residence on his estate, and the house of Ballycloran was accordingly built.

From The Macdermots of Ballycloran by Anthony Trollope