real estate

as in capacity
the largest number or amount that something can hold the enormous difference in real estate between a high-definition disk and one in standard definition

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Recent Examples of real estate With blessings from his family and his bosses at a St. Charles commercial real estate firm, Crosby officially signed with the Cougars and pitched three scoreless innings in two outings at age 36. Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025 The real estate firm owns 19 properties, according to the staff report. Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2025 The Sacramento Bee 916-321-1090 Theresa Clift covers housing, real estate and development for The Sacramento Bee. Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 1 June 2025 Once streaming became viable, Blockbuster chose to continue locations instead, ultimately saddling itself with a huge, expensive real estate footprint that wasn't drawing people in. John Pierce, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for real estate
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  • Later, Stokes represented Bean as his personal lawyer when he was sued in his capacity as superintendent of the center in 2003. Valliant, appointed to his seat on the board by the county commissioners, has represented county commissioners as their lawyer.
    Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 7 June 2025
  • Samuels will be joining the cast in a supporting capacity.
    Dave Quinn, People.com, 7 June 2025
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  • These fuels generate more revenue than crude oil on a per-unit volume basis and have remained a key source of cash for Russia’s war economy.
    Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Despite various projections calling for a contraction in global container volumes for the year, Hapag-Lloyd revised its outlook upward from its previous flat growth forecast on the back of the recent uptick, projecting global container demand to increase 4 percent.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 June 2025

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“Real estate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/real%20estate. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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