Thesaurus results for TRACTS

tracts

noun

plural of tract

as in parts

a broad geographical area a vast and fertile tract of farmland

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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 Settlers bypassed local tribal bands and elevated a single Montaukett sachem to sign away vast tracts of land. — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026 Toxic haze has covered parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore for weeks as Jakarta struggles to contain fires that have scorched large tracts of Borneo and Sumatra, with the smoke drifting across the region. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026 What’s Happening Ureaplasma lives naturally in the respiratory and urogenital tracts of both men and women. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Ureaplasma is a bacteria that naturally lives in the respiratory and urogenital tracts of both men and women. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2026 What ureaplasma is Ureaplasma is a bacteria that naturally lives in the respiratory and urogenital tracts of both men and women. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026 Tech companies are eager for vast tracts to build data centers that can be as large as 70 football fields, and Townsite could set a precedent for similar projects on federal property with more than a dozen others in the planning stages. — Jessica Hill, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 That makes the remaining relatively intact tracts especially important to preserve, according to conservation groups, particularly in a state like Illinois that has lost much of its native forests. — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026 Pipkin bought three 60-acre tracts of land that abut the San Juan National Forest in 2020 at a courthouse auction. — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Food and drink One of the loveliest parts of a stay at Hacienda Verde Tahití is the freedom to do your own thing.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
The pitch would be controversial in other parts of the world.

— Zoë Schiffer, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of parts

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Users can create forms or complete existing ones using text fields, checkboxes, and other elements.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
As Reclamation District 108 leaves some fields dry, the goal will be to move a levee back so the river can spread out, restoring a natural floodplain, Bair said.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of fields

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Instead of relying primarily on inorganic compounds, scientists can investigate how molecular geometry and stronger electronic interactions create useful quantum properties.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Smaller-scale landlords tend to be more flexible with tenants on issues such as late rent, data show, so the city should award grants or subsidies to help those landlords keep their properties habitable, Khanmalek said.

— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of properties

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So Dzirasa began contemplating other ways to connect two disparate brain regions.

— Simon Makin, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
The crisis has intensified pressure on humanitarian organizations to deliver food in some of the world's most dangerous and inaccessible regions.

— Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of regions

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Beat writing—its jumpy jazz rhythms light and alliterative, so unlike Faulkner’s sonorous throat clearings—did not jive with McCarthy’s other influences.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
The path was lined with stone steps and gorgeous clearings overlooking the water.

— ElleAnna Revell, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of clearings

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Sensory gardens scale down to small patios, raised beds and family-friendly plots, so the concept is not reserved for sprawling landscaped estates.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2026
Conservation development is a method of constructing lots and homes closer together on smaller plots, the program states.

— Marc Hayot, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of plots

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After a drone lands, the CLARKE system can analyze images without an internet connection, and teams can then send compact reports detailing building damage and road conditions, rather than huge image files.

— Zoë Schiffer, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Anthropic's filing lands at the start of a big week for tech on Wall Street.

— Ashley Capoot,Jordan Novet,Annie Palmer,Lora Kolodny,Kai Nicol-Schwarz,Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of lands

Noun

The column warns that the disputes could extend beyond the election, potentially providing grounds to challenge results or undermine their legitimacy.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
The park is just part of a 247-acre property, owned by Ada County, that also hosts the Western Idaho Fair grounds and the Boise Hawks baseball stadium.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026

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