1
as in trail
a mark or series of marks left on a surface by something that has passed along it
a muddy track across the kitchen floor
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as in path
a rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps
there was still a faint track through the underbrush that indicated where the path used to be
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3
as in route
the direction along which something or someone moves
I followed the track of the thief's eyes as he watched the woman put the money into her purse and walk away
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1
as in to chase
to go after or on the track of
predators stealthily tracking their prey
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2
as in to traverse
to make one's way through, across, or over
once upon a time, millions of buffalo tracked the wide open plains
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as in pristine
not having been traveled over or through
the trackless desert is no place for unequipped, unprepared travelers
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as in trails
a mark or series of marks left on a surface by something that has passed along it
a muddy track across the kitchen floor
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2
as in paths
a rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps
there was still a faint track through the underbrush that indicated where the path used to be
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3
as in routes
the direction along which something or someone moves
I followed the track of the thief's eyes as he watched the woman put the money into her purse and walk away
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1
as in chases
to go after or on the track of
predators stealthily tracking their prey
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2
as in traverses
to make one's way through, across, or over
once upon a time, millions of buffalo tracked the wide open plains
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Recent Examples of track
Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
On her way out of Camp 4, Lyubova was stopped in her tracks.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
In Disillusioned, published last year, the journalist Benjamin Herold tracks how the school district in his middle-class Pennsylvania suburb of Penn Hills ended up $172 million in debt, leading to mass furloughs, service reductions, and, inevitably, higher property taxes.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
The event included a trackless train, children’s games and activities with Brian Wismer Entertainment, magician Amazing Adamz, Chicago Bears mascot Staley, face painting and a mobile gaming truck.
—Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Mick Krever, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
The film offers a blend of first-person testimony, previously unseen Super 8 archive, contemporary interviews and animation, with an original score composed by Academy Award-winning composer Stephen Warbeck and featuring exclusive new music tracks by Paul Oakenfold and local musicians.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
In Disillusioned, published last year, the journalist Benjamin Herold tracks how the school district in his middle-class Pennsylvania suburb of Penn Hills ended up $172 million in debt, leading to mass furloughs, service reductions, and, inevitably, higher property taxes.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.
—Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
On her way out of Camp 4, Lyubova was stopped in her tracks.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
You're known for tracking down people who won't talk to you.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
In Disillusioned, published last year, the journalist Benjamin Herold tracks how the school district in his middle-class Pennsylvania suburb of Penn Hills ended up $172 million in debt, leading to mass furloughs, service reductions, and, inevitably, higher property taxes.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
Some believe that the name originated with Slavic soldiers who once attempted to march over the trackless range into Albania.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
The event included a trackless train, children’s games and activities with Brian Wismer Entertainment, magician Amazing Adamz, Chicago Bears mascot Staley, face painting and a mobile gaming truck.
—Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
The barren Martian landscape stretches as far as the eye can see, interrupted only occasionally by the faintest of tire tracks marking the unpaved road on Libya’s north-south route.
—Mick Krever, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
The film offers a blend of first-person testimony, previously unseen Super 8 archive, contemporary interviews and animation, with an original score composed by Academy Award-winning composer Stephen Warbeck and featuring exclusive new music tracks by Paul Oakenfold and local musicians.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
In the San Diego metro area, meat was 41% higher last month than in October 2019, dairy was 27% higher and produce was 18% higher, according to a grocery price index by Datasembly, a market analytics company that tracks prices of 1,000 products weekly across the United States.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
In Disillusioned, published last year, the journalist Benjamin Herold tracks how the school district in his middle-class Pennsylvania suburb of Penn Hills ended up $172 million in debt, leading to mass furloughs, service reductions, and, inevitably, higher property taxes.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for track
Adjective
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Today’s lifestyle shows instead hinge on a pristine, editorialized look—as seen on Open Door as well as on real-estate series such as Selling Sunset and HGTV’s home-improvement franchises.—
Kim Hew-Low,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
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Pop culture can even play a powerful role in shaping the nation’s perception of higher education–Hollywood still leaning heavily on images of pristine lawns, students in caps and gowns, and idealized lecture halls.—
Yolanda Watson Spiva,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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There is a pleasure in the pathless woods.—
Leah Hall,
Country Living,
5 Jan. 2023
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Somewhere on the rugged, pathless hills of Big Bend National Park, under the sweltering Texas sun, a singular tree stands apart from the rest.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
13 July 2022
Adjective
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In spring the central walkway becomes a riot of flowering crab apples and bare shoulders (I had been told), but now the kiosks were shuttered, the trees skeletal, the paths plowed but untrodden.—
Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Jeremy McLennan,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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The path from political relative to TV star is hardly untrodden, however.—
Jon Allsop,
The New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Opening up the process has raised questions about attributing asteroid names to students whose future is still an untraveled road, however.—
Elisabetta Povoledo,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2023
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Furthermore, much of the Sino-Russian border is remote and untraveled, making arms transfers difficult to detect.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
23 Feb. 2023
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“Track.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/track. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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