How to Use acre in a Sentence

acre

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  • The house sits on two acres of land.
  • They own hundreds of acres of farmland.
  • At the time, the 2.1 million acres were deemed of modest value.
    — Dallas News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Back in the Bay, the Howard Terminal site in Oakland was 55 acres.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Around 300 acres of salt marsh on the west side of the causeway will be protected by the project, the release says.
    — Margaret Kates | Mkates@al.com, al, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The two distinct buildings sit on 25 acres of land with views of the Catskill mountains, a creek, and open-canopied woods.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2024
  • During the winter months, up to 4,100 acres of the land will serve as the terrain for the Mayflower Resort.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Fed up, Sarah travels across the ocean to obtain a divorce and dispose of the endless acres sprawled across the Outback.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The homes in Bayberry Crossing sit on an average of one-third to two-thirds of an acre.
    — Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 28 Jan. 2023
  • But, in a fashion first, stars seem to have listened to those (us) calling time on the acres of skin always on display.
    — Alice Newbold, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The Bureau of Land Management has halted the use of the bombs on 245 million acres of federal lands.
    — Lily Larsen, Washington Examiner, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Its three acres of hop vines, always a small part of the 1,260-acre estate, went unharvested this year.
    — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Per acre, coastal ecosystems can capture 20 times more carbon than land forests do.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Back then, roughly 2,300 acres a year of the bay were being filled for development.
    — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Forty-three acres of the area are occupied by a stark white factory with blue windows.
    — Varsha Bansal, Fortune Asia, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Of course, being in wine country, there are 50 to 75 acres of land ready for cultivation.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2024
  • But so far, the state’s database includes only the number of acres needing restoration.
    — Ken Ward Jr., ProPublica, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The agency would prohibit new leasing on more than 10 million acres, or more than 40% of the reserve.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • In 1869, rancher Robert Allison bought thousands of acres in the region.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Boasting over 50 waterslides, pools and whirlpools that span three acres, there is no shortage of things to do at the massive resort.
    — Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 14 May 2023
  • Twenty years later, the Carnegie bought 84 square miles in the Atacama region for 30 cents an acre.
    — Dennis Overbye Marcos Zegers, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Its crops cost more to produce, and its farmlands yield less corn, wheat and soybean per acre than other major economies.
    — Claire Fu, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The focus for soy breeding and management has been on higher per acre yields, and those have risen five-fold over the last century.
    — Steven Savage, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • In the next two decades, it is estimated that as many as 350 million acres of farmland across the country will change owners.
    — Sarah Bowman, IndyStar, 11 May 2023
  • In the town of Pajaro alone, a breached levee put hundreds of acres of strawberries under water.
    — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 May 2023
  • With over 29 acres of exclusive beachfront escape, guests can party at the beach and head to their room to get the wedding ready before seeing the bride and groom head down the aisle.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 14 June 2023
  • Both structures are edged by acres of lush forest that seclude you far away from even your closest neighbors.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Then, tie the GPS into the fish finder and record depth contours to create a custom map covering up to 2 million acres.
    — Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 3 May 2023
  • Spanning six acres, commuters cross the Trinity River on the bridge daily.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The company has submitted five applications to the city to demolish the structures on the 23.4 acre site.
    — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023

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