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as in property
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
At the time, Fowler was building large housing tracts in Northern California.
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
The survey estimates that an average of 46% of residents across the 10 census tracts that make up Sherman Park rely on SNAP benefits for food access.
—April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 9 Jan. 2026
For years, residents living amid the tracts of suburban sprawl and bucolic farmland along Santa Clara County’s southern reaches often traveled upwards of an hour by car to seek cardiac care in San Jose.
—Grace Hase, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Rarely, salmonella can result in more serious ailments, including arterial infections, endocarditis, arthritis, muscle pain, eye irritation, and urinary tract symptoms.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 6 Jan. 2026
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
The survey estimates that an average of 46% of residents across the 10 census tracts that make up Sherman Park rely on SNAP benefits for food access.
—April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 9 Jan. 2026
For years, residents living amid the tracts of suburban sprawl and bucolic farmland along Santa Clara County’s southern reaches often traveled upwards of an hour by car to seek cardiac care in San Jose.
—Grace Hase, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Rarely, salmonella can result in more serious ailments, including arterial infections, endocarditis, arthritis, muscle pain, eye irritation, and urinary tract symptoms.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 6 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tract
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Across the capital region, additional protests were scheduled for Saturday and Sunday in Davis, Gold River, Woodland, Roseville and Vacaville.—
Chaewon Chung,
Sacbee.com,
11 Jan. 2026
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Lastly, as Archaeology News reported, Britain was never isolated from the rest of the continent, and it was connected to distant regions, too.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Jan. 2026
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Coming off two straight nine-win seasons, Dykes has seen enough confirmation on the field that TCU has plenty of talent already inside the building; most of it just needs to continue to develop.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Jan. 2026
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Borregales banged home a 35-yard field to give the home team a 6-3 lead heading into halftime.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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California planned for a measured approach to managing its growing wolf population, setting aside funds to pay for the inevitable attacks on livestock as well as the cost of helping ranchers deter the animals from settling near their properties.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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Eight affordable multifamily housing properties in Connecticut are now slated to be powered with solar energy.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Illegal Campfire has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service for 22 days.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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Information widely available within the industry suggested that land movement related to hurricane activity was a threat to pipelines.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The appeal of a head-clearing or aromatic essential oil is nothing new.—
Iman Balagam,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2026
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Miami hums as a warm-weather clearing house for Latin American taste and capital, part art fair, part duty-free fever dream with better coffee.—
Paul Jebara,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The two plots of land up for rezoning are near Anglin Circle and Enon Avenue.—
Emily Holshouser,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Jan. 2026
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People are also pointing out a few plot points that aren’t resolved.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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One Alvarado police officer was struck in the neck during the attack.—
Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Jan. 2026
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At West Ham, Nuno has aligned himself with a club where the problems run so much deeper than merely trying to prevent the chilly fingers of relegation from closing round their neck.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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The two undeveloped parcels, known as Blocks 5 and 20, each cover about 1 acre on opposite sides of Pier View Way north of Mission Avenue.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Jan. 2026
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Every month was this parcel of books written by some of the most important names in fiction, and then all these new voices.—
Scarlett Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Tract.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tract. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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