on track

phrase

: achieving or doing what is necessary or expected

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The Marine Corps is also on track to meet its recruiting goal this year, according to officials, having largely sidestepped the deeper struggles facing the other services. — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026 Join me and keep browsing Maeve finds, including an adorable polka-dot halter mini and pull-on track pants, below. — Tessa Petak, InStyle, 16 Aug. 2026 The program is on track to reach 5,000 total adaptive sports program enrollments in 2027, LA28 said. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026 Lotfi Karoui, multi-asset credit strategist at PIMCO, said the AI capex cycle is, adjusted for inflation, on track to be the largest investment cycle since the 19th-century railway construction. — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for on track

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