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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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took a class in the tracking of game that the hunters' association offers
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Trains are also single-tracking between McPherson Square and Smithsonian, causing delays in both directions.
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Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Rather than relying on a single countermeasure, the layered model integrates detection, tracking, and neutralization capabilities.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Apr. 2026
Marine tracking data showed the tanker, the M/T Tifani (International Maritime Organization ship number 9273337), which can carry 2 million barrels of crude oil, was stopped between Sri Lanka and Indonesia, more than 2,000 miles from the Persian Gulf, within the INDOPACOM area of responsibility.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
While many companies have experimented with real-time tracking, scaling that technology across thousands of miles and hundreds of sites remains a significant hurdle.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 21 Apr. 2026
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Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Rather than relying on a single countermeasure, the layered model integrates detection, tracking, and neutralization capabilities.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Apr. 2026
Marine tracking data showed the tanker, the M/T Tifani (International Maritime Organization ship number 9273337), which can carry 2 million barrels of crude oil, was stopped between Sri Lanka and Indonesia, more than 2,000 miles from the Persian Gulf, within the INDOPACOM area of responsibility.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
While many companies have experimented with real-time tracking, scaling that technology across thousands of miles and hundreds of sites remains a significant hurdle.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 21 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for tracking
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“Tracking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tracking. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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