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tracer

noun

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as in tracker

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Recent Examples of tracer Aware has been using tracer particles and its blockchain technology for several years now, applying it to recycled cotton, denim and other materials. — Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 30 Mar. 2026 In the tense Lebanese capital, Beirut, Israeli surveillance drones buzz overhead while red tracer bullets light up the night skies, fired to warn residents of possible attacks. — Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026 The talc was Katharine’s visual tracer. — Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 26 Feb. 2026 The PET scan uses a radioactive drug called a tracer to show both typical and atypical metabolic activity, according to the Mayo Clinic. — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tracer

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At least 35 states have issued some kind of guidelines for the use or adoption of AI in their public schools, according to a tracker from AI for Education, which offers AI literacy training in education settings.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
Almand has been chronicling his whole journey on Instagram, and there’s a tracker on Extreme’s website that allows people to follow his location.

— Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

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The workers would be fined if their tails were dirty, their satin ears crooked.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Robinhood — Shares of the trading app jumped 15% after Deutsche Bank issued a report pointing to prediction market tail winds for brokers, asset managers and exchanges.

— Darla Mercado, CFP®,Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026

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Back at his Brickell apartment, detectives searched the unit after a judge signed off on a warrant.

— Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
About a month after Craig’s death, police homicide detectives released security camera video of a suspect in the Oak Park fatal shooting.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026

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