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: the assigning of students to a curricular track
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: the standard distance between adjacent characters (as in composed text) : letterspacing compare kerning
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took a class in the tracking of game that the hunters' association offers
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With the convenience of direct-from-warehouse fulfillment, customers skip the hassle of third-party delays, backorders, or vague tracking updates.
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Rhiannon Frater, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
Today’s near-real-time emissions tracking relies on a constellation of satellites, sensors, and AI models—many of which are controlled by governments or private entities.
—Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Later, a tracking shot outside the Bennets’ house at night glides from window to window, glimpsing the parents, then the sisters in their rooms, and also one of the maids walking up a flight of stairs singing a love song to herself.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
The range includes tracking equipment, security forces, and ground stations in Florida and downrange sites in Bermuda and Ascension Island.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025
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Rhiannon Frater, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
Today’s near-real-time emissions tracking relies on a constellation of satellites, sensors, and AI models—many of which are controlled by governments or private entities.
—Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Later, a tracking shot outside the Bennets’ house at night glides from window to window, glimpsing the parents, then the sisters in their rooms, and also one of the maids walking up a flight of stairs singing a love song to herself.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
The range includes tracking equipment, security forces, and ground stations in Florida and downrange sites in Bermuda and Ascension Island.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tracking
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“Tracking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tracking. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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