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: the assigning of students to a curricular track
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: the standard distance between adjacent characters (as in composed text) : letterspacing compare kerning
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Planes scheduled to depart for Dubai, Doha and Tel Aviv were grounded, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware.
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Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
Over 1,500 flights were cancelled across the region Sunday, while flight-tracking site FlightAware said more than 19,000 flights had been delayed globally.
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
Israel, Qatar, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait and Bahrain closed their airspace, while Oman’s Muscat International Airport shut down and all flights were restricted over the United Arab Emirates, according to flight tracking website FlightRadar24.
—Brian Melley, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
Students build complex formulas to perform everything from risk-and-return calculations for stock portfolios to mock video game avatar tracking systems.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2026
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Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
Over 1,500 flights were cancelled across the region Sunday, while flight-tracking site FlightAware said more than 19,000 flights had been delayed globally.
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026
Israel, Qatar, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait and Bahrain closed their airspace, while Oman’s Muscat International Airport shut down and all flights were restricted over the United Arab Emirates, according to flight tracking website FlightRadar24.
—Brian Melley, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
Students build complex formulas to perform everything from risk-and-return calculations for stock portfolios to mock video game avatar tracking systems.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2026
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“Tracking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tracking. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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