How to Use on the right/wrong track in a Sentence

on the right/wrong track

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  • Going over the fine print keeps you on the right track.
    USA TODAY, 3 July 2023
  • Be sure to carry a map or trail app to keep you on the right track to the falls.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2023
  • What must happen to put the Rockies on the right track?
    Tony Blengino, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • The Kansas City Current is on the right track to play in that game, too.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2024
  • The 16th is a time to cope with unresolved issues and get on the right track.
    Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The small gain is an endorsement from investors that Google is on the right track in the AI war.
    Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Carter felt like his life was finally on the right track.
    Sydney Page, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Though hailed and paid as one, Booker isn’t quite there yet (no great sin for a 22-year-old on the right track).
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 19 June 2023
  • For months, polls have shown that voters believe the nation and this state are off on the wrong track.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
  • Only twenty-nine per cent in the same survey say that the country is on the right track.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2024
  • While divided, that’s a marked shift from The Sun’s poll four years ago, when just 17% believed the city to be on the right track.
    Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Slow, decisive action will keep you on the right track and ease your mind.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 9 May 2024
  • From how things are playing out, most couples show signs of being on the right track.
    Giana Levy, refinery29.com, 8 Oct. 2024
  • While there’s not a ton of time to go until that target date comes around, Norway seems to be on the right track.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2024
  • This is really – number one, 65% of the people in your poll say the country's on the wrong track.
    NBC News, 22 Sep. 2024
  • This plan is on the right track with several high-rise buildings.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
  • And after a 2-0 victory over Bolivia in the opening group stage game, on June 23, the plan seemed on the right track.
    Sean Gregory, TIME, 2 July 2024
  • Only 23 percent, less than a quarter of the country, say that we're headed on the right track.
    ABC News, 5 Nov. 2023
  • While Maryland hasn’t identified a go-to player, one more year could get them on the right track.
    Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Among female voters, 38 percent say the state is on the right track and 43 percent approve of Youngkin.
    Emily Guskin, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
  • But the harder Beijing pushes that false narrative, the more Taiwan is proved to be on the right track.
    Jaushieh Joseph Wu, Foreign Affairs, 9 May 2024
  • Better to consider this a signal delay and get back on the right track.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 June 2024
  • Meanwhile, 63% of Americans say the economy is on the wrong track.
    Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
  • With 20 grams of protein or more per serving, these protein pancakes are the perfect way to start your day off on the right track.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2023
  • This granite discovery, known as a batholith, seems to be further proof that researchers are on the right track there.
    Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 14 July 2023
  • This is not surprising, given that that 82% of third-party voters say the country is on the wrong track.
    David Paleologos, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
  • Cincinnati manager David Bell, a third-generation Red, seems to have the club on the right track.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023
  • Gassman opened the second half on the right track, hitting a deep 3-pointer as the Owls worked through the puzzle that was Century’s zone defense.
    Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2024
  • And yet, only 15% of these objectives, which are essential to our very survival, are on the right track.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Now, Harris is part of an incumbent administration and two thirds say the country's on the wrong track.
    NBC News, 22 Sep. 2024

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