as in pursuit
the act of going after or in the tracks of another
the reporter's constant tailing of the candidate resulted in an exclusive scoop
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as in chasing
to go after or on the track of
detectives tailed the suspect to see where he was going at that time of the evening
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Recent Examples of tailing
Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 5 May 2025
These tailings are often stored and managed in order to be reliably and responsibly disposed of.
—Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
The tailings are already mined and sitting on the surface.
—Scott McWhorter, The Conversation, 6 May 2025
There, sprawling white tailings piles spread out near the retirement destination of Green Valley.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The company hopes to be the first in the world to commercialize carbon-neutral mineral production from mine tailings.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 5 May 2025
These tailings are often stored and managed in order to be reliably and responsibly disposed of.
—Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
The tailings are already mined and sitting on the surface.
—Scott McWhorter, The Conversation, 6 May 2025
There, sprawling white tailings piles spread out near the retirement destination of Green Valley.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailing
Noun
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Shifting To Three Words Maybe the two-word sphere is limited and not conducive to our pursuit.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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After their first appearance on the show, an anonymous donor gave each choir member $5,000 to be used for their educational pursuits after high school.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
28 July 2025
Noun
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Lynn Foster is certain the cuts to programs included in the tax and spending bill signed by President Donald Trump earlier this month means the end of bird and bee tracking.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 July 2025
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According to the tracking site Cruise Mapper, the ship is expected to return to Miami at 6 a.m. on July 26.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
Verb
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Nebraska is all in on pursuing Millard South tight end Isaac Jensen.—
Mitch Sherman,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 2024
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With such an unstable organization, this could dissuade Vrabel from pursuing a head-coaching gig with New York.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
30 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The final nurse, plain face and plain name, studies a tracing of my contractions and tells me when to bear down, when to ease up.—
Erica Stern
June 9,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
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And that backward tracing can help reveal which comet likely shed the meteoroid material in the first place.—
Jake Parks,
Discover Magazine,
1 May 2025
Verb
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On Saturday, Moe Wagner suffered a knee injury and the Magic, trailing by 22 points at the end of the third quarter, rallied to beat the Miami Heat, outscoring the Heat 37-8 in the final quarter.—
Josh Robbins,
The Athletic,
24 Dec. 2024
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Palantir is by far the most expensive stock on the S&P by its price-to-sales ratio, a metric comparing companies’ trailing 12-month revenues to its market value.—
Derek Saul,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Major stock markets in Asia and Europe rose today in trading following the announcement of electronics exemptions.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
14 Apr. 2025
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Swim in a direction following the shoreline.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Tailing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailing. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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