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tracer

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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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Not another fitness tracker, but the infrastructure that lets community leaders, at any scale, spend less time on logistics and more time doing the work that actually keeps people coming back.

— Karen Koehler, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
The tracker is produced for the NRF by a consultancy firm called Hackett Associates.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

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One simply went outside through a doggy door, while the other tried to engage the man, walking up to him repeatedly with toys in mouth, tail wagging.

— Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
The 2% miss rate that looks like a rounding error to a generalist reads as a five-year tail problem to an operator.

— Kyle Nakatsuji, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

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