tracts

plural of tract
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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 Although Salmonella primarily originates in the intestinal tracts of people and animals, including insects and birds, the bacterium is commonly found in the environment. Kimberly Baker, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026 The most recent development plans, unanimously approved by the Kansas City Council last week, will create 30 more lots and 3 tracts for a residential open space development. Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026 The two communities offer uniquely spacious industrial tracts at the nexus of major fiber-optic lines and on the doorstep of one of the world’s busiest airports, with ample access to power and water and a dense customer base in Chicago. Alex Nitkin, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026 The largest tracts lie in southern Miami-Dade County, where low-lying coastal wetlands once connected Biscayne Bay to the Everglades and provided a steady flow of clean freshwater to freshen the bay. Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026 Opportunity Zones, created by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and first designated in 2018, are economically distressed census tracts where taxpayers can receive preferential tax treatment by investing eligible gains through QOFs. Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Ryan would assemble the 556-acre property by acquiring and merging a series of smaller tracts. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2026 New research is drawing sharper links between dementia risk and where people live, from segregated census tracts to entire regions of the country. Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026 The administration also claims that encouraging logging and construction will help address wildfire risks, though research has suggested that wildfires may be four times more likely to start near roads than in roadless forest tracts. Simmone Shah, Time, 15 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tracts
Noun
  • But court filings, video evidence and investigators later contradicted key parts of that account, according to CBS News.
    Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
  • But Wild Horse Nine has been built around the queasy charisma of the great John Malkovich, who has made a career out of blending fragility and menace, even in his smallest parts.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • September transforms open fields, roadsides and mountain meadows into bold, vivid landscapes of brilliant yellows, purples, reds, whites and other hues.
    Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • These rules exactly correspond to the monotone Boolean functions—a function type crucial in fields such as cryptography and voting theory.
    Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Modern engineering applications usually demand a range of properties that a single material cannot provide.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Sep. 2026
  • That’s especially true for properties with dependable access to regional power grids.
    Tobias Burns, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • As cells are lost, the brain tissue in these regions shrinks.
    Claudia Metzler-Baddeley, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Airfares will drop for most international regions going into fall, compared to summer 2026 fares — but by less than in recent years.
    Marnie Hunter, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Its vines blanket trees and power lines, turning roadside clearings into walls of green.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 Aug. 2026
  • After school hours, makeshift football pitches appear suddenly on dusty patches of land while small clearings and undeveloped plots become informal playgrounds.
    Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Other rules, such as removing shoes and the 3-1-1 liquids policy, were implemented in response to later, separate terrorist plots.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Food plots are great, agricultural crops are good too, but during the right window in mid-fall, nothing draws in deer like acorns.
    Colin Moore, Outdoor Life, 2 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • As some national lands face uncertainty, five Post Opinions writers share appreciations of their favorites.
    Washington Post Opinions, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Over the course of Gulliver’s four voyages to fantastical lands, Swift gives the reader wild and varied depictions of political corruption and human hubris.
    Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The death came as the festival endured another year with weather woes, including rain on Friday that temporarily closed a main gate to festival grounds known as Black Rock City.
    Dennis Romero, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Attendees will no longer be permitted to bring coolers into the festival grounds.
    Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2026

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“Tracts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tracts. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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