From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe racesthe racesDSHan occasion when horse races are heldat the races We spent a day at the races. → race
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the races• I was beating him in the storyline, but he was, in reality, desperate to win all the races.• Virgin hopes a day in the cockpit will become as popular as a day at the races for company gatherings.• a day at the races• Proposition 187 is consuming the races at the top of the ticket.• In this context, the mixing of the races was not just an early equal opportunity program.• The Bengal Tiger is the most numerous of the races that survive today.• It is capital crime, and a black disgrace to the races of civilized mankind.• Kettlewell and Taylor escaped unhurt after the accident outside Middleham on the way to the races. 