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tracer

noun

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as in tracker

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Recent Examples of tracer Many health care workers served longer, harder deployments than mine — Sierra Leonean nurses, Guinean contact tracers, Liberian community health workers — and carried equal or greater burdens, yet Americans rarely heard their stories. — Krutika Kuppalli, STAT, 20 May 2026 As passengers fly back to their home countries, contact tracers need to know which exposures matter. — Joseph Allen, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026 Manganese, a battery process tracer, can have neurological effects at chronic doses, the report stated. — Arcelia Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Apr. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for tracer

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Noun

After recording the views, a recovery system Barnard called Repris consisted of a streamer to slow its drop and a GPS tracker to help locate the pod after landing.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
James was one of the first 100 users of a Whoop health tracker in 2015 and finally signed a deal with the company 11 years later.

— Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of tracker

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The tail of the helicopter was ripped off and hanging from a nearby fence.

— Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2026
While many Maryland counties on the Eastern Shore saw lower harvests of white tail deer in the summer due to hemorrhagic disease, the state's early deer season hunt for 2026 surpassed its five-year average.

— CBS News, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

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Noun

Several hours later, detectives were notified by medical staff that the man died from his injuries.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2026
The officers replayed bodycam video of their encounter to O'Neill's brother, who told detectives the man in the video was not his brother.

— Logan Smith, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026

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