hot pursuit

noun

Definition of hot pursuitnext
as in tracking

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Recent Examples of hot pursuit At least Chris Mara’s hot pursuit of John Harbaugh, John Mara’s acquiescing to the head coach’s final say and direct reporting structure and Dawn Aponte’s hiring and direct report to the coach have marginalized Schoen’s influence and role. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2026 But Trump’s hot pursuit of immigrants in American cities requires an unmasking not only of ICE operatives, but of the flimsiness of his narrative. — Time, 4 Dec. 2025 That didn’t stop studios and producers from engaging in a hot pursuit. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025 Creating personalized charm necklaces — a service now offered by more and more jewelry brands in brick-and-mortar as well as online capacities — is clearly a hot pursuit. — Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 8 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hot pursuit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot pursuit
  1. tracking
  2. tracing
  3. trailing
  4. pursuit
  5. chasing
  6. shadowing
  7. tailing
  8. following
Noun
  • The bookkeeping priority here is accurate cost of goods sold (COGS) tracking and regular inventory reconciliation.
    — Nicholas Pasquarosa, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Apart from the power receiver itself, engineers must build rapid tracking optics that can lock onto a moving target miles in the air.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
Definition of tracking
Noun
  • To do that, health officials need to quickly identify the possible routes a virus might spread, a practice known as contact tracing, says Armand Sprecher, an infectious diseases physician with Doctors Without Borders.
    — Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 23 July 2026
  • Contact tracing remains a challenge, with coverage of those exposed still at 67%.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of tracing
Noun
  • Profits barely budged until mid-2025, then accelerated, rising 25% on a trailing, four-quarter basis through Q1 of 2026.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 30 July 2026
  • Meanwhile the company repurchased $6 billion of stock over the trailing year, roughly 100 million shares.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of trailing
Noun
  • In the overall sweep of history, the single-minded pursuit of short-term profits was an aberration.
    — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The vehicle instead led deputies on a short pursuit before stopping in the 2400 block of Wandering Ridge Drive, according to the sheriff’s department.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of pursuit
Noun
  • With all of this back and forth on ring chasing, has winning become underrated?
    — Dan Woike, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • Canning induced much chasing from Rockies hitters, sending a 3-0 lead to the game’s final third.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2026
Definition of chasing
Noun
  • That gradually began to change over a few hours of Colquitt’s patient mending, shadowing, blushing, and eyelash-affixing.
    — John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
  • Job descriptions are abstract, but shadowing provides a realistic look at the day-to-day reality.
    — Vikram Joshi, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of shadowing
Noun
  • The site will target low-grade titanium-iron tailings that have been uneconomical to process.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
  • Unlike other hard metals, tungsten is largely nontoxic, but the byproducts from mining it—called tailings—contain other harmful metals including arsenic, copper, zinc and lead and can leach into the environment.
    — Ari Sen, Scientific American, 13 June 2026
Definition of tailing
Noun
  • Their existing hotels have created a cult following, which the Poles have adopted with alacrity.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The birds in question are Jackie and Shadow, the Big Bear Lake bald eagle pair whose live nest cam has drawn a global following.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of following

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