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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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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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as in to chase
to go after or on the track of
predators stealthily tracking their prey
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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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Recent Examples of track
Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Try marking your calendar for a biannual or quarterly wash to keep on track.
—Anyssa Roberts, The Spruce, 26 Jan. 2026
Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
Rather than propose a single fix, the report recommends stacking multiple safety measures—testing before release, monitoring after, tracking incidents—so that what slips through one layer gets caught by the next, like water through a series of increasingly fine strainers.
—Harry Booth, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Dec. 2025
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
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Noun
As a new year begins, the tune is nominated for multiple Grammys and was recently named one of the five nominees for Best Original Song at the Academy Awards, becoming the first track connected to the K-pop genre to earn such a distinction.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Try marking your calendar for a biannual or quarterly wash to keep on track.
—Anyssa Roberts, The Spruce, 26 Jan. 2026
Verb
Spending seven hours to track down estrogen patches Last month, Schiller, 53, spent seven hours calling large pharmacy chains and small family pharmacies to get her next dose.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
Rather than propose a single fix, the report recommends stacking multiple safety measures—testing before release, monitoring after, tracking incidents—so that what slips through one layer gets caught by the next, like water through a series of increasingly fine strainers.
—Harry Booth, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
The annual winter holiday festival also features photos with Santa, the Brent Street Holiday Market, trackless train rides and more.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Dec. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for track
Noun
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Mike doesn’t know it yet but his life is about to become tied up with that of Lou (Mark Ruffalo), the old-school, Columbo-style cop on his trail, and Sharon (Halle Berry), an insurance broker with connections to some of the richest men in the world.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2026
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Park City and Deer Valley, Utah Park City clocks in as America’s largest ski area with 7,300 skiable acres and 330+ trails.—
Amy Tara Koch,
Robb Report,
29 Jan. 2026
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Investing in domestic mining is necessary but insufficient—recycling infrastructure offers a faster, less geopolitically fraught path to supply chain resilience that has historically been overlooked by previous administrations.—
Kristen Edgreen Kaufman,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The Buddhist temple was directly in the path of the project, threatening its displacement.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In logistics, agentic RAG can analyze shipment delays and automatically reschedule routes.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
3 Feb. 2026
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San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan called a play-action pass from under center with a deep route to occupy the safeties and an in-breaking route through the intermediate area of the field.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But then Linda goes chasing a wild boar through the jungle while toting a bamboo spear, and impales it to death in a gleefully gratuitous scene of CGI gore.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
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The provincial chief minister, Sarfraz Bugti, wrote on X that security forces were chasing the insurgents.—
Abdul Sattar,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Sometime in the next week, another part of the team, working from the South Korean icebreaker RV Araon, aims to drop another cable, which a robot will traverse once a day, down to a rocky moraine in the Amundsen Sea.—
Christian Elliott,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
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As Indianapolis has expanded its winter contingency plan to include new emergency shelters during dangerously cold weather, a small group of IMPD officers and nonprofit workers traverse the city to inform people living outdoors of their options and even drive some to safety.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Essentially inaccessible by road until the 1980s, the area is distinguished by its rich Caribbean culture and pristine biodiversity.—
John Bowe,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Feb. 2026
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There are no such worries about The Secret Agent, a Brazilian movie that boasts pristine anti-fascist bona fides.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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However, South Africa’s history was wrought with geological conflict as erupting volcanoes destroyed traces of preexisting dinosaurs while those beasts were still alive.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Feb. 2026
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One week later, the aerial search was suspended without finding any trace of the missing duo.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Take footpaths toward the beach or stroll cobblestone streets in town for dining and shopping.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
15 Jan. 2026
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No hills means there is no natural grade separation between the railroad and intersecting roads and footpaths.—
Ian Savage,
The Conversation,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Track.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/track. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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