prime land
noun[U]
ukusPROPERTY
thebestlandforbuilding,farming,developing, etc.:
When wesawtheopportunitytoacquire14acresofprimeland, we went for it.
Examplesofprime land
prime land
Spread over forty million square feet ofprimelandwith 16 manufacturing units and several ancillary units, it employs over 10,000 personnel.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The resultant reservoir occupies over of what was previouslyprimelandfor agriculture.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Large portions of the population worked as coal miners in the mountains while the foothills providedprimelandfor cattle ranching.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Speculators claimedprimelandand access to transportation and water.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Not beingprimelandfor planting, the land was held until new settlers needed property.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thugs squatting onprimelandsometimes kept their rightful owners off their own property until matters could be litigated in court, further impeding the development of viable farms.
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Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Food systems are also modified as prime agricultural land becomesprimelandfor residential development, turning food-producing topsoils into what developers and new residents consider aesthetic acreages and suburbs.
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It is bordered on all sides by dereliction and it isprimelandfor redevelopment.
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They sold off all theprimelandand property and cut off the water from thousands of people.
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Suffice it to say that 250,000 acres ofprimeland, mostly in the city centres, lie dormant.
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