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a small piece of land that is developed or available for development
had a number of small tracts for sale, but we couldn't afford to buy land and then build a house
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Recent Examples of tract
While some bacteria is harmless, some E coli can make people sick with a wide range of issues, including diarrhea, urinary tract infections, pneumonia, sepsis, and other illnesses.
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Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
In Highland Park, another lakefront community about 14 miles north of Evanston, a fierce debate is underway about the redevelopment of a 28-acre vacant tract once the site of a Solo Cup factory.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Other possible causes include yeast, bacterial, or urinary tract infections (UTIs).
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 31 Aug. 2025
This includes an opening sequence that begins all the way up in outer space and then slowly hones in on Tucumán, highlighting how a single battle over one tract of land represents, in cultural and historical terms, a battle over the entire planet.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
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Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
In Highland Park, another lakefront community about 14 miles north of Evanston, a fierce debate is underway about the redevelopment of a 28-acre vacant tract once the site of a Solo Cup factory.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Other possible causes include yeast, bacterial, or urinary tract infections (UTIs).
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 31 Aug. 2025
This includes an opening sequence that begins all the way up in outer space and then slowly hones in on Tucumán, highlighting how a single battle over one tract of land represents, in cultural and historical terms, a battle over the entire planet.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tract
Noun
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There’s something intrinsic about following that route from city to sea in a region where life and work and industry were dictated by the river for so long.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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But the new private terminal is winning their support, with the backing of historians and preservationists who have been fighting to maintain South Florida’s aviation legacy in a region known for tearing down buildings.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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In California’s strawberry fields, an ICE raid sparked widespread panic and disruption among farmworker communities.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Freep.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Charlotte’s second consecutive 11-play drive halted in the red zone after Harrell led the 49ers down the field with repetitive strikes through the air, finding his favorite target, Javen Nicholas, to set Charlotte up in scoring position.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Sep. 2025
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After more than an hour on the road, the team arrived at a cluster of trailers behind a long dirt path on a grower’s property in South Haven, tight quarters where farmworkers rest after long-hour shifts picking fruit under the Michigan sun.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Freep.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Rochester Hotel Once a public boarding house known as the Peeples Hotel, The Rochester Hotel has been thoroughly revamped into a 15-room property with luxury touches.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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And yet in restructuring Patagonia to ensure that its profits are used to protect wild lands, Chouinard accomplished something remarkable, turning a for-profit corporation with $1 billion in annual sales into one of the biggest environmental philanthropies in the country.—
David Gelles,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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The wildfire has been burning on private land.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Acne-prone skin types really benefit from the additional pore-clearing that a toner provides.—
Esme Benjamin,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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This clearing away of the symbolic backbone of revolutionary virtues marked a return to authoritarian rule.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One of the pleasures of Ruíz de Azua’s work, in film and TV, is its capacity to generate questions, as the plot builds and on a psychological and social level.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
9 Sep. 2025
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The plot sees the climbing group left reeling after a tragic accident on a mountaineering expedition.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
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With his neck tattoos and a goal celebration based on an anime character, Igor Jesus is a hard man to miss.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Love Island star also added red opera gloves and a neck scarf.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Biggs said by phone Thursday that the company had called Mike Jabo, Porter County’s director of development & storm water management, to rescind its application for the nearly 800-acre development planned for two parcels.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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On La Gorce Island, just to the west of Allison Island, IdeaVillage founder Anand Khubani went even bigger, spending around $100 million on three parcels; the seller of those parcels sold a fourth property to someone else for another $22 million.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Tract.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tract. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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