tagging along 1 of 2

noun

as in tracking

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tagging along

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verb

present participle of tag along
as in hanging (around)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tagging along
  1. tracking
  2. trailing
  3. tracing
  4. tagging
  5. tailing
  6. chasing
  7. shadowing
  8. pursuit
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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Teams working with agencies or freelancers can make identification of synthetic elements a delivery requirement and allocate tagging responsibility and liability in the contract.
    — Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • Eaton, 34, is prohibited from contacting Paul in any manner, directly or indirectly, including on social media, messages/tagging, or contact through third parties.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
Definition of tagging
Noun
  • 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
  • Initial environmental analytics work will focus on water quality, particulate emissions, geotechnical stability, tailings performance, biodiversity indicators and carbon intensity per metric ton produced.
    — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 8 May 2026
Definition of tailing
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
  • 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
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