real estate

noun

Definition of real estatenext
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 In a reversal, Intel will take the real estate of its 162-acre campus in Folsom off the market, the company confirmed Wednesday. — Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Currently, Simplicity’s AI systems are primarily oriented toward the real estate industry. — Matthew Kayser, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026 Glaser Weil attorney and senior partner Roger Howard, the esteemed Hollywood corporate, real estate and mergers and acquisitions lawyer, died August 29 after a battle with cancer. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026 Many of these employees have been buying homes, often outdoing rival buyers by offering well above the asking price, real estate agents say. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for real estate
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  1. capacity
  2. volume
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  • Goldman’s model assumes SMIC will add between 30,000 and 50,000 advanced-node wafers in monthly capacity each year from 2026 through 2031.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Furthermore, relationships themselves teach basic psychological capacities such as regulating emotions, tolerating disappointment, and negotiating differences—skills which therapy is supposed to cultivate.
    — David H. Rosmarin, Time, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of capacity
Noun
  • China’s chip self-sufficiency rate reached roughly 70% by production volume in June, compared with 38% in January 2010, according to Goldman.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Tubes drawn from a patient's arm travel a track that centrifuges them, checks the sample volume and quality and then routes them to whichever analyzer needs them and archives what's left, without the need for a technician.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of volume

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