tracks

British  

/ træks /

plural noun

1. (sometimes singular) marks, such as footprints, tyre impressions, etc, left by someone or something that has passed

2. on the very spot where one is standing (esp in the phrase stop in one's tracks )

3. to leave or depart

4. to go or head towards

5. the unfashionable or poor district or stratum of a community

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Example Sentences

"From a skeleton perspective, they might not have loads of access to tracks, but what they do, they do very well," he said.

From BBC

He tracks how deeply the transformative ideas of “biological evolution, a godless universe, and planetary extinction” shaped the poet’s imagination.

From The Wall Street Journal

Rana likes to follow polar bear tracks and listen to her mother’s stories: “Stories about the old ice, the long long polar night, the Great Bear and how snow foxes make light with their tails.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Statistics Canada’s retail survey for December showed sales were down in three of the nine industry segments it tracks, led by a decline at motor-vehicle and parts dealers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Over the past six months, an average of four deportation flights have departed the state daily, the most in the country, according to ICE Flight Monitor, a nonprofit that tracks them.

From Salon

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