tracer

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Recent Examples of tracer Intense tank and tracer fire flew across the field as the joint Russian and Belarusian forces simulated re-taking a village. Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025 Using experiments with dry versus wet air, the team conducted special tracer diffusion studies to track the movement of oxygen atoms. Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2025 Three nurses on staff, plus Scanlan, serve as contact tracers. Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025 The alkaline substance will be dispersed over four to 12 hours off the back of one of the research vessels, along with the nontoxic fluorescent red water tracer dye called rhodamine. ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tracer
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Noun
  • Newsweek's tracker, based on the 10 most recent polls, shows Spanberger with an eight point lead over Earle-Sears, on 51 percent to 43 percent.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In the 2024 cycle, Mellon donated a total of $165 million, according to campaign finance tracker OpenSecrets.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But despite how intertwined the two appear in the photo, Masi writes, the coiling afterglow of the meteor is actually quite far from the tail of Comet Lemmon.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Near the tail-end of NFL Week 8, the Green Bay Packers humbled Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers, 35-25.
    Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At the time, detectives in each jurisdiction had no idea the cases were connected.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But, like any committed noir detective, I was left with more questions than anything else.
    Charlie Markbreiter, Them., 21 Oct. 2025

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“Tracer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tracer. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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