as in pursuit
the act of going after or in the tracks of another
took a class in the tracking of game that the hunters' association offers
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as in chasing
to go after or on the track of
predators stealthily tracking their prey
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as in traversing
to make one's way through, across, or over
once upon a time, millions of buffalo tracked the wide open plains
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Recent Examples of tracking
Jess Reia, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
On Tuesday, the vessel tracking website MarineTraffic said in a post on X that only nine ships had passed through the strait since the day before, with apparent Iranian support.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026
Vinyl sales accounted for 208,000 — BTS’ best sales week on vinyl and the largest by a group in the modern era (since Luminate began electronically tracking sales in 1991).
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 29 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Even more disquieting, to me, is the fact that these camera systems have created a mass location tracking infrastructure knitted together by artificial intelligence.
—Jess Reia, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
On Tuesday, the vessel tracking website MarineTraffic said in a post on X that only nine ships had passed through the strait since the day before, with apparent Iranian support.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
That, more than any one hot stretch, is what the Nets have been tracking as the season winds down.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026
Vinyl sales accounted for 208,000 — BTS’ best sales week on vinyl and the largest by a group in the modern era (since Luminate began electronically tracking sales in 1991).
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 29 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tracking
Noun
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The pursuit of perfection, in this case, is also tied to proximity to whiteness.—
Elizabeth Gulino,
Allure,
26 Mar. 2026
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That's also a new pursuit for Qualcomm.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The timing is particularly painful given the significance of what the Bella Twins are chasing.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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Volkswagen attempted an anti-tech pro-human message during the Super Bowl with an ad that showed earthy pleasures like dancing in the rain and chasing an ice-cream truck.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The bridge connects Chinatown with Dodger Stadium, traversing the 110.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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Her accompanying tour is her longest headline run yet, traversing North America, Europe and the UK.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
24 Mar. 2026
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The PlayStation 5 Pro is a more powerful spin on the vanilla PS5, thanks to ray tracing and AI upscaling that give games a visual boost.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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After two cases were detected at the University of Florida at Gainesville, for instance, health-department officials performed contact tracing, ultimately reaching some 1,000 people, Fred Southwick, an infectious-disease specialist at the university, told me.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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Effectively pursuing all four of these strategies at once, backed by good intelligence and cutting off supply from Iran, could make the war an easier affair than in 2024.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Mar. 2026
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Furthermore, the lawsuit contends that while LaBeouf’s attorneys were still aggressively pursuing their position and seeking monetary compensation from Barnett, a partying LaBeouf was arrested in New Orleans on assault charges for allegedly punching two bar patrons.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Back in 2017, as FIU expanded, many students were crossing Southwest Eighth Street to get to and from campus.—
Johane Saintil,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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The Strait of Hormuz, on the other hand, is a natural waterway, and Tehran essentially wants to charge ships for the privilege of crossing it without being bombed.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Here’s how the other following contenders landed in the top five for Charlotte’s best places to live.—
Chase Jordan
March 30,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Knicks lost a second game in a row for just the fourth time this season, following Thursday’s loss to the Charlotte Hornets with a late-game collapse against the defending champs.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
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For women navigating menopause, lower estrogen and progesterone can produce hair that feels thin, coarse, and dry all at once.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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March is Autoimmune Disease Awareness Month, and for families navigating celiac disease, treatment does not come in the form of medication or a cure.—
Breana Pitts,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Tracking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tracking. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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