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as in fields
a small area of usually open land
the town had planned on turning that tract of meadow into a park
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as in properties
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 tracts
The funds will also be open to the entire city moving forward, rather than specific census tracts.
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Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
The analysis of data from nine of the largest Connecticut cities showed that census tracts where the most tows occurred from 2022 to 2024 tended to have larger populations of renters, larger Black and Hispanic populations and much higher rates of poverty than the state as a whole.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
Other programs like Buy Back the Block offer grants to prospective homebuyers in specific census tracts.
—Lily Carey, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026
Parcels were matched to census tracts based on their centerpoints.
—Ginny Monk, ProPublica, 27 Apr. 2026
More recently, the explosion of aritificial intelligence infrastructure investment has compelled developers of data centers to seek out vast tracts of land.
—Joshua Vadeboncoeur, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026
Most notably, Point Loma Heights and Azure Vista-adjacent Sunset Cliffs and Riviera Villas were large tracts with good-size lots, wide streets, alleys, smooth sidewalks and all utilities.
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
During a special board meeting on Tuesday, board members discussed, in closed executive session, multiple paths forward for seven tracts of land that surround the field, which has stood at 1501 University Drive for the last 87 years.
—Samuel O’Neal 14, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2026
In recent years, Utah’s senator Mike Lee has led efforts to sell off huge tracts of those lands across the West to developers.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
The analysis of data from nine of the largest Connecticut cities showed that census tracts where the most tows occurred from 2022 to 2024 tended to have larger populations of renters, larger Black and Hispanic populations and much higher rates of poverty than the state as a whole.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
Other programs like Buy Back the Block offer grants to prospective homebuyers in specific census tracts.
—Lily Carey, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026
Parcels were matched to census tracts based on their centerpoints.
—Ginny Monk, ProPublica, 27 Apr. 2026
More recently, the explosion of aritificial intelligence infrastructure investment has compelled developers of data centers to seek out vast tracts of land.
—Joshua Vadeboncoeur, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026
Most notably, Point Loma Heights and Azure Vista-adjacent Sunset Cliffs and Riviera Villas were large tracts with good-size lots, wide streets, alleys, smooth sidewalks and all utilities.
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
During a special board meeting on Tuesday, board members discussed, in closed executive session, multiple paths forward for seven tracts of land that surround the field, which has stood at 1501 University Drive for the last 87 years.
—Samuel O’Neal 14, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2026
In recent years, Utah’s senator Mike Lee has led efforts to sell off huge tracts of those lands across the West to developers.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tracts
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Over time, blood vessels begin leaking, leading to bleeding, blood pressure can drop, blood fails to reach different parts of the body and the kidneys can fail.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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The averages, however, are considerably lower than other parts of the country.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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Persephone, goddess of spring and the fields, became the spouse of Hades, who ruled the underworld.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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In Rick Chipman's fields in Harlan, Iowa, young soy plants are starting to emerge.—
Lana Zak,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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The family resort chain has more than 20 properties across North America; most are clustered on the East Coast and in the Midwest, though there are a handful out west too.—
Madison Flager,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026
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But topological abelian groups lack the particular properties that category theorists desire.—
Konstantin Kakaes,
Quanta Magazine,
20 May 2026
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Wall Street takes notice The voracious energy demands of AI data centers have driven up electric prices in some regions and launched a moneymaking energy-sector construction boom.—
Marc Levy,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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The voracious energy demands of AI data centers have driven up electric prices in some regions and launched a moneymaking energy-sector construction boom.—
Marc Levy,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
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Cliff edges, forest clearings, and island horizons; the contemporary properties are designed to dissolve into their surroundings.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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But in Oakland, where the homeless population is well over 5,000 by official estimates, some advocates have questioned whether tent clearings create a whack-a-mole problem — given that most homeless residents have nowhere else to go.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
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There’s a long lineage of revenge plots in fiction and drama and film, of course.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2026
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Cinematographer Mátyás Erdély’s gaslamp wash makes the whole thing visually alluring, but the story up to this point is one of malformed double entendres, as Moulin and his cohorts react to more important plots unfolding elsewhere in the war.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 May 2026
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The service Service lands somewhere between polished business-hotel professionalism and genuine warmth.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 May 2026
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Hunting, gathering, and ceremonies connected to the Brunot lands are integral to Ute religious and cultural life, with the Ute people historically returning to familiar hunting and gathering areas year after year.—
Shaun Chapoose,
Denver Post,
20 May 2026
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In recent years, even some advocates of free trade have come around to the idea that certain tariffs can be justified on strategic and national-security grounds, especially when working with an avowedly mercantilist country like China.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Russia’s largest airport — Moscow’s Sheremetyevo — reported that drone debris had fallen on its grounds without causing damage or affecting flights.—
Samya Kullab,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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“Tracts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tracts. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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