tracks
Britishplural noun
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(sometimes singular) marks, such as footprints, tyre impressions, etc, left by someone or something that has passed
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on the very spot where one is standing (esp in the phrase stop in one's tracks )
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to leave or depart
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to go or head towards
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the unfashionable or poor district or stratum of a community
Example Sentences
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Railroad companies eventually owned the land alongside their tracks.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
A basket of momentum stocks that 22V Research’s Dennis DeBusscherre tracks has seen its turnover rate rise to almost 5%, up from 2% early in the year.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
His performance on “Why Was I Born,” one of the tracks on the recording, was also awarded a Grammy for jazz instrumental solo.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
Where some early tracks conveyed carefree innocence—laughing children, music-box melodies—the mood here is often apprehensive and uneasy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Old Rowdy had made a complete circle around me, and I knew that if the tracks of anything dangerous had crossed the line of that circle, he would have let me know about it.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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