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
  • While cost is an important factor, service reliability and the availability of spare parts are also important considerations for truck carriers, and overhauling an entire fleet is a major investment.
    Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026
  • That could make fleets of relatively inexpensive autonomous vessels useful for building persistent datasets across parts of the ocean that are poorly monitored today.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • In that time, his journey mirrors that of many migrants through the years, seeking asylum in friendlier lands when their home country is attacked.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
  • For instance, say a cask of ginger rolls through a trapdoor and lands on a poor laborer below.
    Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 16 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Related Stories Some concrete declarations regarding trade were unveiled at the held on the stunning grounds of the Fondation Maeght art foundation and museum complex.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
  • For 45 years, Fiesta Hispana has given generations of Kansas City residents a place to gather around Latino culture, filling its festival grounds with music, dancing, food and traditions representing communities from across Latin America.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026

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