public property
noun
: something owned by the city, town, or state
The library books are public property.
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Tornadoes and freak storms leveling buildings and ruining personal, business and public property.
Lives, livelihoods and business revenue have been lost, supply chains have been disrupted and businesses have neem damaged, often irreparably, as a result of increasingly frequent disasters like these.
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Michael Flannery, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
The Pioneer Press reserves the right to discontinue the hunt if public property is destroyed.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2025
And, after leaving office in 2009, the former president bought a four-bedroom home in Dallas that's currently valued at $2.5 million, according to public property records.
—Tom Huddleston Jr.,sarah Berger, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
The two properties that burned this year are both owned by the City of San Jose, public property documents show.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
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Michael Flannery, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
The Pioneer Press reserves the right to discontinue the hunt if public property is destroyed.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2025
And, after leaving office in 2009, the former president bought a four-bedroom home in Dallas that's currently valued at $2.5 million, according to public property records.
—Tom Huddleston Jr.,sarah Berger, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
The two properties that burned this year are both owned by the City of San Jose, public property documents show.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Public property.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20property. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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