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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
The funds will also be open to the entire city moving forward, rather than specific census tracts.
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Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
The analysis of data from nine of the largest Connecticut cities showed that census tracts where the most tows occurred from 2022 to 2024 tended to have larger populations of renters, larger Black and Hispanic populations and much higher rates of poverty than the state as a whole.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
Other programs like Buy Back the Block offer grants to prospective homebuyers in specific census tracts.
—Lily Carey, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026
Parcels were matched to census tracts based on their centerpoints.
—Ginny Monk, ProPublica, 27 Apr. 2026
More recently, the explosion of aritificial intelligence infrastructure investment has compelled developers of data centers to seek out vast tracts of land.
—Joshua Vadeboncoeur, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026
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.
—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
Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
The analysis of data from nine of the largest Connecticut cities showed that census tracts where the most tows occurred from 2022 to 2024 tended to have larger populations of renters, larger Black and Hispanic populations and much higher rates of poverty than the state as a whole.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
Other programs like Buy Back the Block offer grants to prospective homebuyers in specific census tracts.
—Lily Carey, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026
Parcels were matched to census tracts based on their centerpoints.
—Ginny Monk, ProPublica, 27 Apr. 2026
More recently, the explosion of aritificial intelligence infrastructure investment has compelled developers of data centers to seek out vast tracts of land.
—Joshua Vadeboncoeur, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tracts
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This includes soaring gas prices at the pump, seesawing stock markets, rising food and fertilizer prices, higher shipping-insurance costs, and fuel shortages that have touched off violence, work stoppages, and profiteering in parts of Asia and Africa.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Very little offends me in a moral sense in the theater, but parts of this script came close.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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But because of seeing the phone on the surveillance video, police got a warrant to search Google's location data for all phones within about one-and-a-half football fields of the bank during the half-hour on either side of the robbery.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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California’s fertile farm fields once enticed thousands of Dust Bowl refugees fleeing along Route 66 during the Great Depression.—
Jonathan Bullington,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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He was reportedly apprehended at one of his family’s many properties in the city, no manhunt necessary.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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Stepping onto the properties, you’ll be greeted by your own team of concierges and private butlers that can cater to all your needs.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
29 Apr. 2026
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Though capping off a rainy month, this storm is only expected to bring a couple hundredths of an inch to two-tenths of an inch in its rainiest regions, Canepa added.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
26 Apr. 2026
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This year’s Udine edition gathers 15 participants across project and career tracks for sessions with prominent buyers, financiers and co-production partners from both regions.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
26 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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Amid that frenzy, Gala Games sold the initial allotment of 4,661 NFT plots of Legacy land within days of first putting them up for public sale.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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The roster includes several farmed by Robert Biale Vineyards, which produces seven vineyard-designate Zinfandels, a Barbera, and a Petite Sirah from Napa Valley plots planted between 1905 and the 1960s, more than half of which are home to vines dating back over 100 years.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
26 Apr. 2026
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The Met Gala lands smack in the middle of that window, on Monday, May 4 — its traditional first-Monday-in-May slot.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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American bison are native, and essential, to Fort Worth’s prairie lands.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Apr. 2026
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In the century-plus since its grounds were largely closed to the public, dozens of events are evidence that even the White House complex is not impervious to intrusion.—
Meg Kinnard,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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The construction of the $400-million ballroom on the White House grounds has come under searing scrutiny.—
Ana Ceballos
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Tracts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tracts. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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