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Ball also said the tracer fire – ammunition containing a pyrotechnic charge illuminating its trajectory – seen in the GHF’s footage is consistent with the use of machine guns.
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Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
But this lower end of the galactic scale is still rather murky, in part because the stars that serve as observable tracers of small galaxies can form even smaller structures called star clusters.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 8 May 2025
Contact tracers tried to identify everyone exposed and figure out where the virus might have come from.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 8 May 2022
The physical tracer in Recover fibers means the final garment can be verified using a scanner.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 22 Apr. 2025
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Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
But this lower end of the galactic scale is still rather murky, in part because the stars that serve as observable tracers of small galaxies can form even smaller structures called star clusters.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 8 May 2025
Contact tracers tried to identify everyone exposed and figure out where the virus might have come from.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 8 May 2022
The physical tracer in Recover fibers means the final garment can be verified using a scanner.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tracer
Noun
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There was this sentiment in the air off the tail of these Forever shows.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
14 July 2025
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After gently capturing the gull in a pillowcase, Shaffer affixed a small, lightweight GPS tracking device to her tail, reports SFGate’s Amanda Bartlett.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Metro Nashville Police Department homicide detectives are investigating after a woman's body, covered by a garbage bag, was discovered off the side of the road in South Nashville on July 19.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
20 July 2025
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Homicide detectives are investigating after a man was violently sucked into an MRI machine by a metal chain around his neck, police in New York said.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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“Tracer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tracer. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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