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 During this period, the population boomed in San Bernardino and Riverside counties, thanks in part to new housing tracts and lower prices. — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 Also, the vocal tracts and brains of our ancestors did not fossilize as they were made of soft tissue. — Hannah Little, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2026 When not typing tracts disguised as novels, Sinclair ran regularly and unsuccessfully for political office — the House, the Senate, and, in 1930, the governor of California. — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026 And while mallard populations continue to decline, the Southern boat ramps still bustle at the public green-timber tracts with hunters who are in pursuit of mallards only. — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 9 Sep. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tracts
Noun
  • The result is a diverse take on itameshi — think mentaiko spaghetti, sansho-spiked cacio e pepe, panko Milanese and yuzu spritzes — served with equal parts Italian dolce vita and Japanese hospitality.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • After 17 weeks, watching Gen try and fail and fumble and try again has become one of the most compelling parts of the show for me.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • With sport fields and courts, playgrounds, a community center, pool, splash pad, and more, the spot is always buzzing with activity.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Hundreds of British troops crisscrossed fields with thousands of metres of razor wire and dug a long ditch that was later partially filled with water to act as a moat to keep the Protestant marchers away from the Catholic enclave.
    — Amanda Ferguson Reuters, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The partnership also establishes an audio media category for USA Lacrosse and includes exclusive content surrounding the sport’s events and properties.
    — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The federation provided little technical information about the work by Simabo and Wuhan Textile University, leaving its farming model, bioactive properties and production scale unclear.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • This can improve variant detection, especially in complex regions and across diverse populations.
    — Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
  • During heat treatment, nanoscale regions with slightly different atomic spacing begin to precipitate within the alloy.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • In very cold temperatures, elk may linger longer in clearings.
    — Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026
  • That’s the first of several remaining hard pivots that reveal Aepoh — and later, her Karen kinswoman Aeva (Waywiree Ittianunkul) — as uprooted victims of the authorities’ clearings.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Since Guadagnino’s first feature in 1999, The Protagonists, a mockumentary starring Tilda Swinton as a filmmaker re-creating a real-life murder in London, his work has encompassed a variety of plots, tones, and textures.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Accenture said implementation, over 25,000 supply chain workflows have been executed, and close to nearly 25,000 land plots have been monitored automatically.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • North Carolina Sports Betting Laws and Timeline North Carolina sports betting first started gaining traction around 2019 when tribal lands accepted sports betting.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • This does not include lands subject to significant extractive uses, like logging or mining, or disruptive recreation activities, like OHV off-road driving.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • However, reservations are now available for special tours of the castle grounds, starting in October 2026 until April 2027.
    — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The Nathan Hale Homestead has had reports of ghosts roaming its grounds and in the house at night.
    — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026

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“Tracts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tracts. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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