How to Use tracking in a Sentence

tracking

noun
  • The set garnered 2,000 units in the latest tracking week.
    Xander Zellner, Billboard, 5 Mar. 2024
  • At the time, no U.S. personnel were in the country to do the tracking.
    Alex Horton, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The high sides kept most of the litter in, though there still was a bit of litter tracking from our cat tester.
    Barbara Bellesi Zito, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
  • But the court ruling cast doubt on whether and how that tracking can continue.
    Nick Anderson and Susan Svrluga, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2023
  • In early polling, LaRose has held a narrow lead over Dolan, with Moreno tracking in third.
    cleveland, 17 July 2023
  • But another thought is to get a luggage tracking tag on your bag in case it does get lost.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 29 Mar. 2023
  • All that's left is to improve this car's on-center steering feel and straight-line tracking.
    Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The fitness tracking is flaky and the black version scuffs easily, but the battery life is quite good (four days).
    Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2023
  • In the age of smartphones, our obsession with real-time tracking is not new.
    Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
  • In some cases, the customer may be able to toggle off tracking options.
    Lauren Goode, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Despite no movement in rank, the track picked up a 1% gain to 1.4 million in audience in the latest tracking week.
    Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The tracking dog wouldn’t be there for an hour, so Elsenheimer decided to circle the woods where the deer entered and check it himself.
    Outdoor Life, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The trend of objections is up, Webb said, but there's no central tracking of how many such requests are filed.
    Doug Thompson, Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Two new variations — a Tiësto remix and a radio edit — arrived in the latest tracking week, adding steam to the song’s climb up to the peak.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 25 Mar. 2024
  • But the tracking site FlightAware shows only 14 United flights were canceled on Tuesday.
    Pete Muntean, CNN, 5 Sep. 2023
  • That data along with the facial tracking dots utilized on Ford during the performance help bring FaceSwap to life.
    Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 21 July 2023
  • Based on Bhargava's tracking, the sunrise will align to perfectly frame the sun over the Bay Bridge for only a few moments.
    Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The former blocks malware, ads, and trackers and even removes tracking data from URLs.
    PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The Mesa plane descended to about 1,100 feet before it was forced to re-ascend, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware.
    Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Because of the whale's condition and location in the ocean, researchers were unable to attach a tracking device to it.
    Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The airline shared the statement on the company website's flight tracker section, along with the rest of the flight's tracking information.
    Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • While blood tracking is popular in some parts of the country, like the South and the Upper Midwest, hunters in other regions are much less familiar with it.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Live tracking of couriers is also available, giving users of the service the ability to watch their package’s journey all the way to the post office.
    Jennifer Korn, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Under fast tracking, the goal is to wrap up any environmental lawsuits in 270 days — at least within a year.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Since its invention, the Universal Product Code has become the most prevalent tracking tool for products around the world.
    Dayun Park, CNN, 4 Apr. 2023
  • If all goes well, Tally, outfitted with a tracking device, will be released back into the wild from Galveston in a matter of days.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Rhythmic stations are most receptive to the song, which glides 10-8 on Rhythmic Airplay following a 7% jump in plays for the latest tracking week.
    Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The hull is what determines speed, stability, tracking, and ease of paddling.
    Jerry Audet, Field & Stream, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Meanwhile, Steven uses his tracking skills and out-strategizes Jeff to secure a critical cache and Gary forages a huge protein score.
    Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al, 9 July 2023
  • The data is then collected as the animal passes through a tracking station known as receivers.
    Ana Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2023

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