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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
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.
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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
That bacteria lives naturally in the gastrointestinal and reproductive tracts of chickens, said Kimberly Baker, associate extension specialist at Clemson University.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
Some religious tracts and pamphlets had been sent by radio preachers after Mama or Daddy had mailed them a dollar.
—Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
Inside were sermons, political tracts, and educational booklets.
—Regina E. Mason, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026
The project, known as Golden Range at Lookout Mountain, would develop one of the largest undeveloped tracts remaining in the city.
—Jamie Leary, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
The largest share of deaths — about 40 of them — happened in census tracts with higher levels of poverty.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
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
That bacteria lives naturally in the gastrointestinal and reproductive tracts of chickens, said Kimberly Baker, associate extension specialist at Clemson University.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
Some religious tracts and pamphlets had been sent by radio preachers after Mama or Daddy had mailed them a dollar.
—Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
Inside were sermons, political tracts, and educational booklets.
—Regina E. Mason, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026
The project, known as Golden Range at Lookout Mountain, would develop one of the largest undeveloped tracts remaining in the city.
—Jamie Leary, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
The largest share of deaths — about 40 of them — happened in census tracts with higher levels of poverty.
—Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tracts
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Communities in the Midwest are cleaning up after tornadoes and severe storms tracked through parts of Iowa, Illinois and Missouri on Friday.—
Suzanne Nuyen,
NPR,
20 Apr. 2026
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Improvements over the last 15 years in an imaging technique called cryo-EM (cryogenic electron microscopy) have enabled researchers to see the flagellar motor’s component parts.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Apr. 2026
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The women farmers agree that in the chile pepper fields, the demanding nature of the work discourages men.—
Kamala Thiagarajan,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2026
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Bartolo was born and raised in the Arkansas River Valley, where water rights sell-offs to Front Range cities in the 1970s decimated farm fields and towns.—
Bruce Finley,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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New observations of Uranus's enigmatic outer rings have shown them to be even more mysterious than astronomers had thought, and their unusual properties hint at some puzzling things going on with the planet's system of moons.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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There's even a stretch of Cakehand Road that reminds me of the properties on Nantucket Island, towards the 'Sconset Bluff Walk lighthouse.—
Emma Clarke,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Apr. 2026
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In a report issued in March, GOP strategist Alex Alvarado points out that a significant number of potential Republican votes are squirreled away in rural districts too far away from the Central and South Florida regions to be of help.—
The Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2026
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That might make some Latin acts prioritize other regions.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 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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The unit made 376 arrests, issued 128 outreach referrals, conducted 76 camp clearings and completed 18 business inspections.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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The plots of these shows usually center on a murder, which occurs not so much to end a human life as to inconvenience our star, who must postpone a brunch or a media event to conceal an inconvenient corpse.—
Libby Gelman-Waxner,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2026
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National security officials have long argued that the law is vital for disrupting terrorist plots, foreign espionage, international drug trafficking and cyber intrusions.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The president has also proposed cuts to National Park Service funding and pushed to expand oil, gas and mineral development on federal lands, among other efforts.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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These changes aim to create chaos, deliver the administration’s stated goal of traumatizing employees, and imperil the very existence of public lands — lands that belong to all Americans.—
Tracy Stone-Manning,
Denver Post,
21 Apr. 2026
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The hotel grounds include indoor and outdoor pools.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2026
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Is mere aesthetic shittiness grounds for disqualification?—
Jean Garnett,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Tracts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tracts. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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