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