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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 tract
Is there any way to remove the shrimp’s dorsal tract?
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Ashia Aubourg, SELF, 4 July 2025
The city has acquired more than half of about 300 total parcels along the Monon from 10th Street to 96th Street and is in the process of buying roughly 60 more tracts, according to DPW.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 3 July 2025
The tract is at the intersection of Five Oaks Boulevard and Lebanon Road.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The Senate Bill shifts the OZ 2.0 designation window to July 1, 2026, removing the $10,000 carve-out proposed by the House and the 33 percent requirement definition of eligible tracts.
—Oludolapo Makinde, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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Ashia Aubourg, SELF, 4 July 2025
The city has acquired more than half of about 300 total parcels along the Monon from 10th Street to 96th Street and is in the process of buying roughly 60 more tracts, according to DPW.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 3 July 2025
The tract is at the intersection of Five Oaks Boulevard and Lebanon Road.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The Senate Bill shifts the OZ 2.0 designation window to July 1, 2026, removing the $10,000 carve-out proposed by the House and the 33 percent requirement definition of eligible tracts.
—Oludolapo Makinde, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tract
Noun
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Russian forces will apply more pressure in other regions to further thin Ukraine’s defenses.—
Ian Bremmer,
Time,
31 July 2025
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At the very center of the galaxy is a nuclear starburst: a region of extreme star formation that is blowing material out of the galaxy.—
Rebecca McClain,
Space.com,
31 July 2025
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This field is generating significant buzz among major tech companies like IBM, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The team has separated for individual drills, and Venturi, carrying a small foldable chair, has left the quarterbacks on the north field and is making his way to the south field.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
30 July 2025
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The London properties that wealthy Americans are buying are concentrated in some of the most expensive and exclusive neighborhoods in the city—such as Chelsea, Mayfair, Kensington, Notting Hill, Belgravia, St. John's Wood and Hampstead—according to data from Beauchamp Estates.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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The move expands Next 3’s growing portfolio of sports properties, which already includes stakes in the NFL’s New York Giants, NWSL’s Gotham FC, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s golf league TMRW Sports, Los Angeles Golf Club and League One Volleyball (LOVB).—
Asli Pelit,
New York Times,
31 July 2025
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There’s a certain romanticism that lies at the heart of these remarkable gins, something conjured, perhaps, by that dramatic meeting of land and sea.—
Camille Berry,
Vogue,
15 July 2025
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Since the end of the Cold War, these munitions have given the U.S. near-total dominance on land, sea, and air.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Most biologists think that loss of bottomland forest and associated land clearing for agriculture were the main reasons.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
5 July 2025
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Herron said camp clearings not only force unhoused people into hiding but also cut them off from resources.—
Keely Doll,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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The plot is a familiar one: Brash golfer Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler) hits the links to raise enough money to send his daughter to ballet school.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
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Aigen has participated in Grand Farm’s field plot program on their 590 acre Innovation Campus just west of Fargo.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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For side sleepers who generally benefit from a firmer pillow for head and neck support, this memory foam-like fill from the Westin could be your best bet.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
1 Aug. 2025
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According to the Mayo Clinic, hot flashes are a sudden feeling of warmth that spread throughout the upper body, often affecting the face, chest, and neck.—
Emlyn Travis Published,
EW.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Bowser has said the deal will bring the District $4 billion in tax revenue over 30 years, in addition to finally reimagining one of the biggest vacant parcels of land remaining in the city.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
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Opponents, though, said none of those other churches stand on a parcel as small as the Torah Center’s three-quarter-acre lot.—
Skyler Swisher,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 July 2025
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“Tract.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tract. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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