properties

Example Sentences

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He hopes to convert some of those gutted commercial properties into new housing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

By owning their own buildings, white-shoe firms can maintain their properties in their own image.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

A comparable process took place in Cuba after the Spanish-American War, when American sugar companies acquired 60% of rural properties across Cuba, reducing independent farmers—largely manumitted slaves and their descendants—to the level of low-wage labor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Investors are finding deals to be had that include trophy properties such as San Francisco’s Transamerica Pyramid, a 48-story tower that has served as a symbol of the city since its completion in the 1970s.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

There was only the matter of his properties, looking after them, and of course the dogs.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers