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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
Once coal closure tracts are identified, the list grows as new closures and data corrections are rolled in.
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Andrew Leahey,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The land was among the biggest tracts left in the area that had not been at least partially preserved, and the good news, conservation-wise, was that Soloviev had agreed to sell the development rights to the town for 75 percent of the land, meaning that most of it would remain farmland for good.
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Reeves Wiedeman,
Curbed,
22 June 2026
Costco and the owners of four large tracts in Plainfield sued, saying commissioners ignored evidence at hearings.
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Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
15 June 2026
Program eligibility is restricted to properties in qualifying counties in the greater KC metro area in select census tracts or based on borrower income level (below 80% AMI).
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Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
10 June 2026
There are seven tracts of land surrounding Farrington Field that the district is accepting proposals for.
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Ciara McCarthy 4,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 June 2026
As the crisis deepened, however, Gentile wrote two further tracts focused on the pandemic.
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Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
In the March auction, the company submitted winning bids for 23 tracts in the NPRA.
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Jennifer A. Dlouhy,
Fortune,
24 May 2026
That these schools sometimes took up immense tracts of land in early Los Angeles was probably another reason that many of them merged or disappeared; the values of real estate versus the values of gentlemanship was hardly a contest.
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Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
Andrew Leahey,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The land was among the biggest tracts left in the area that had not been at least partially preserved, and the good news, conservation-wise, was that Soloviev had agreed to sell the development rights to the town for 75 percent of the land, meaning that most of it would remain farmland for good.
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Reeves Wiedeman,
Curbed,
22 June 2026
Costco and the owners of four large tracts in Plainfield sued, saying commissioners ignored evidence at hearings.
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Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
15 June 2026
Program eligibility is restricted to properties in qualifying counties in the greater KC metro area in select census tracts or based on borrower income level (below 80% AMI).
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Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
10 June 2026
There are seven tracts of land surrounding Farrington Field that the district is accepting proposals for.
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Ciara McCarthy 4,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 June 2026
As the crisis deepened, however, Gentile wrote two further tracts focused on the pandemic.
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Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
In the March auction, the company submitted winning bids for 23 tracts in the NPRA.
—
Jennifer A. Dlouhy,
Fortune,
24 May 2026
That these schools sometimes took up immense tracts of land in early Los Angeles was probably another reason that many of them merged or disappeared; the values of real estate versus the values of gentlemanship was hardly a contest.
—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tracts
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Options include hosting no programming, closing parts of the building to allow for limited programming or scheduling a limited series of closures around the building while a full slate of programming continues.
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off was only Mia Sara's second film role, but her Sloane Peterson has come to be heralded as one of the defining parts of her career.
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The global foodservice company gets platinum ratings in such fields as restaurant cook and server.
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The Astros joined forces with the Texas Rangers, Communities Foundation of Texas and others to pitch in nearly $3 million to rebuild the fields so these kids didn't miss a single pitch.
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The legislation also seeks to limit large investors — those with at least 350 properties — from buying homes.
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The luxury market typically tops out in the $30-million to $40-million range in Orange County, though some properties are aiming higher, including a San Juan Capistrano ranch asking $85 million and an 11,500-square-foot mansion in Newport Coast listed for $68 million.
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In Fischer’s version, early immigrants from four different regions of Great Britain established cultures in different regions of the American colonies.
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While pizza trails many of the other foods, it was selected by more people in the Northeast than in other regions of the country.
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But lurking in the grasslands and forest clearings of at least two southeastern counties is a scaly intruder that state wildlife officials say poses a serious threat to native animals and crops alike.
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This process occurs multiple times daily, but it is believed that during one of the clearings, a chlorine air bubble was released, which is atypical, waterpark staff told the fire department.
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Our plots run away characters shapeshifting on the page?
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These movies are wildly popular spectacles, even if the plots are a little thin.
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CharlotteFive lands in inboxes every weekday with the food, drink and lifestyle news worth knowing.
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This includes new lands and attractions at Walt Disney World and Disneyland, and as a direct result, Disney will continue to partner with suppliers and small businesses across the country to bring these new experiences to life.
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And whereas Fischer described without judgment the family patterns, social customs, and religious lineage of his four groups, Reynolds contrasts his two on ideological and ultimately moral grounds.
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Aberdeen Proving Grounds are, in effect, Akehurst’s grounds to care for.
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“Tracts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tracts. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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