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
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
That includes decommissioning many miles of logging roads, removing mine tailings and sowing tens of thousands of native plants.
—Alyssa Kreikemeier, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
Maybe that could help clean up the hills of uranium-laden tailings from the mines, or deliver higher-paying jobs.
—Oleksandra Mykolyshyn, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2025
Yellow and orange layers exposed mine tailings deposits in the cutbanks where the river meanders.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Scandium can be extracted from mine tailings, or as a by-product of mining for uranium or other metals.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
That includes decommissioning many miles of logging roads, removing mine tailings and sowing tens of thousands of native plants.
—Alyssa Kreikemeier, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025
Maybe that could help clean up the hills of uranium-laden tailings from the mines, or deliver higher-paying jobs.
—Oleksandra Mykolyshyn, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2025
Yellow and orange layers exposed mine tailings deposits in the cutbanks where the river meanders.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tailing
Noun
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In the pursuit of creating no trash, the serial entrepreneur ditched take-out coffee, plastic utensils, food packaging, bottled body wash, and even throw-away diapers.—
Sara Braun,
Fortune,
21 June 2025
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Two hours later, the pursuit ended with Boelter crawling to police.—
Nathan Layne,
USA Today,
21 June 2025
Noun
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Sensing capabilities and tracking systems should also be designed with the capability to operate in stealth mode.—
Guy Yehiav,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Sony is suggesting a weekend opening the $28 million range, while tracking shows Boyle’s film coming in at $30 million or more.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
20 June 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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Scribble tracing can be a great activity for toddlers to explore nature and their creative side.—
Dr. Pooja Sarin Tandon,
Boston Herald,
11 May 2025
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The costs go to various responses, including on-the-ground response teams, vaccine doses and vaccination clinics, case reporting, contact tracing, mitigation plans, infection prevention, data systems, and other technical assistance to state health departments.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
16 Apr. 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 1 Jul. 2025.
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