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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
This is milder for the GI tract and can be used longer.
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Femi Aremu, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2024
It’s caused by a bacterium that infects the urinary and genital tracts of men and women.
—Tanyel Mustafa, refinery29.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Other symptoms of hidradenitis suppurativa include blackheads and, in severe cases, abscesses and tunnels underneath the skin (known as fistulas or sinus tracts).
—Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 18 Oct. 2024
Here, Lake Trasimeno surrounds the many concentrated hilltop towns that occupy a relatively small tract of land.
—Gary Portuesi, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2024
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Femi Aremu, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2024
It’s caused by a bacterium that infects the urinary and genital tracts of men and women.
—Tanyel Mustafa, refinery29.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Other symptoms of hidradenitis suppurativa include blackheads and, in severe cases, abscesses and tunnels underneath the skin (known as fistulas or sinus tracts).
—Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 18 Oct. 2024
Here, Lake Trasimeno surrounds the many concentrated hilltop towns that occupy a relatively small tract of land.
—Gary Portuesi, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2024
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The company maintains a tax holiday for a subsidiary in the APAC region, which contributed to a lower effective tax rate of 13.7% for the year.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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Washington sees Indonesia, the most populous country in Southeast Asia, as an important partner in a region where its rival Beijing has deep trade and investment ties.Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Lastly, some of this knowledge was learned the hard way: By messing up in the field a few times and finally learning from those mistakes.Joe Arterburn, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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Over six years later, that opinion still stands among experts in the field.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
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Quaint Oak Bancorp entered into an agreement to sell and lease back its property in Allentown, Pennsylvania.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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On public land and shared private properties, such spots can become pressured and overhunted.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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Because, in this land of weak governments and cowardly corporations, the Coastal Commission is the rare California institution with a spine.Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Yellowstone has tackled hot-button topics that are top of mind for voters this year: land ownership, representation onscreen with its Native storytelling and reproductive rights, among other topics.Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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Michael said that if the group can even become a clearing house for statistics on distracted driving, that is a victory.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
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Photos shared by the fire department show the mangled tower draped across a dirt clearing behind a line of homes.Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
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The mechanics of the plot itself don’t quite hold up under scrutiny, which is a shame when the dialogue, performances and filmmaking craft are so tightly woven, moving in perfect sync.Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
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Director Bruce Goodison applies the tension well in the first two thirds of this efficient Shudder release, but then the plot smacks into a dead-end in its final act.Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The algorithm failed to de-age the neck on some subjects.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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During a windy blizzard in Colorado’s high country, one tester appreciated the high collar, which buttons over itself to offer scarf-like warmth at the neck.Abigail Barronian, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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Oakland voters also appeared to be giving the green light to Measure MM, which would establish a $99 annual parcel tax in the Oakland Hills to reduce wildfire risk by thinning brush and trees, increasing fire patrols and using goats to graze overgrown areas.Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Perched atop a walled and gated parcel spanning roughly a half-acre in the Hollywood Knolls enclave overlooking Lake Hollywood, the stucco and terracotta-roof structure was originally built in the mid-1930s.Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Tract.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tract. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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