1
: the assigning of students to a curricular track
2
: the standard distance between adjacent characters (as in composed text) : letterspacing compare kerning
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took a class in the tracking of game that the hunters' association offers
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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
Skye Amundsen and Mallory Mascoli first connected on a fertility tracking site, both hoping to become moms.
—Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
More than $45 billion worth of investment in the sector was recorded in 2025, up sharply from just under $25 billion in 2024, according to Space IQ, a report tracking startup activity and investment trends in the space economy.
—Tessa McCann, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2026
In the latest tracking week, ending March 19, the set earned 99,000 equivalent album units in the United States, according to Luminate.
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2026
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“Tracking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tracking. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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