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as in mansions
a large impressive residence
the estates of multimillionaires line the shores of this ocean resort
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as in classes
one of the segments of society into which people are grouped
the passionate belief that a society is judged by how well it treats and cares for those in the lowest estate
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as in farms
a piece of land and its buildings used to grow crops or raise livestock
a huge coffee estate in Brazil
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Recent Examples of estates
Bequest giving has always been lumpy — a handful of nine-figure estates can move the number.
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Gabriel Alin Zainescu,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2026
While debt relief programs generally aren't designed for estates, understanding how creditors approach settlements can sometimes make negotiations more productive when an estate cannot fully repay outstanding obligations.
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Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
Not many estates can claim to have a 1,000-year-old medieval tower in the backyard, but that’s exactly what anchors this historic property in the heart of Tuscany’s renowned Chianti wine region.
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Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
1 July 2026
The historic 1859 Mansion has been brought back to life as a romantic French country inn, reminiscent of Loire Valley estates.
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Veronica M. Stoddart,
Travel + Leisure,
30 June 2026
Canals from the Deschutes still wind through Bend’s neighborhoods of single-family homes, and then to the estates, farms, ranches and destination resorts on the city’s outskirts.
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Emily Cureton Cook,
ProPublica,
26 June 2026
Since then, prices for waterfront estates in Miami-Dade have skyrocketed as the area has attracted a crop of billionaire buyers including Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
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Catherine Odom
june 26,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
Fraud, complicated estates and ownership disputes are real.
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Mark Lewyn,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2026
And former Droll/Kolbert Gallery director Barry Rosen has spent decades as an adviser to the estates of several Hauser & Wirth artists, including Eva Hesse and Lee Lozano, and separately to the glass artist Dale Chihuly.
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Rachel Corbett,
Vulture,
18 June 2026
Gabriel Alin Zainescu,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2026
While debt relief programs generally aren't designed for estates, understanding how creditors approach settlements can sometimes make negotiations more productive when an estate cannot fully repay outstanding obligations.
—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
Not many estates can claim to have a 1,000-year-old medieval tower in the backyard, but that’s exactly what anchors this historic property in the heart of Tuscany’s renowned Chianti wine region.
—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
1 July 2026
The historic 1859 Mansion has been brought back to life as a romantic French country inn, reminiscent of Loire Valley estates.
—
Veronica M. Stoddart,
Travel + Leisure,
30 June 2026
Canals from the Deschutes still wind through Bend’s neighborhoods of single-family homes, and then to the estates, farms, ranches and destination resorts on the city’s outskirts.
—
Emily Cureton Cook,
ProPublica,
26 June 2026
Since then, prices for waterfront estates in Miami-Dade have skyrocketed as the area has attracted a crop of billionaire buyers including Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
—
Catherine Odom
june 26,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
Fraud, complicated estates and ownership disputes are real.
—
Mark Lewyn,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2026
And former Droll/Kolbert Gallery director Barry Rosen has spent decades as an adviser to the estates of several Hauser & Wirth artists, including Eva Hesse and Lee Lozano, and separately to the glass artist Dale Chihuly.
—
Rachel Corbett,
Vulture,
18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for estates
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The ranch is home to two mansions with a gym and tennis court, as well as guest houses, and a tunnel leading to an underground shelter approximately the size of a basketball court, according to the outlet.
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Camouflaging with the seaside mansions and balikçi (fish restaurants) in the village-like Çengelköy neighborhood, in a calm bay on the Asian side, the 19th-century facade was originally an Ottoman distillery.
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So do savings accounts, CDs and gold, the asset classes that topped the Gallup poll at times in the Great Recession era.
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Several classes combine both, while sessions are kept intentionally small to preserve a close, mentor-style learning environment.
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Not even foundations are visible, and a long gravel road toward that part of the island leads past occasional farms and vast swaths of emptiness and then, finally, to a muddy riverbank thick with mosquitos.
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Then the farms were abandoned, the forests grew back and the deer returned.
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And, of course, there are plenty of castles, estates, and old manors to get your history fix.
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Blackwood, with her firsthand knowledge of drafty manors and unhinged families, explains with remorseless precision what lies behind the fantasy—what happens when the houses, and the people in them, are neither charismatic nor lovable.
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Subterranean, drywood and dampwood, the three most common types of termites in the United States, all have reproductive castes capable of flying in swarms.
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Today, many non-Hindus in India, including Muslims, Christians, Jains and Buddhists, also identify with certain castes.
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Canals from the Deschutes still wind through Bend’s neighborhoods of single-family homes, and then to the estates, farms, ranches and destination resorts on the city’s outskirts.
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The area of Texas where Gracie is wandering is extremely rural, with many ranches that are privately owned, along with foliage and rough terrain.
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The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.
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While arched passageways reference those found in classic haciendas, the walls are hand-finished in quintessentially Mexican chukum plaster.
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Epstein has a long record in the upper echelons of conservative legal circles.
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The film catapulted Sara and her costars — Matthew Broderick, Alan Tuck, and Jennifer Grey — to new echelons of fame.
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“Estates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estates. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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