1
: the assigning of students to a curricular track
2
: 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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Police identified both suspects using GPS tracking and videos.
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Paul Burton, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026
On straight paths, tracking is solid, but switchbacks and dense forests increase the risk of losing sight of the subject—or clipping a tree.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 1 Jan. 2026
These limitations reduce tracking accuracy and interfere with the magnetic gradients used to drive the robots, making precise navigation difficult during live procedures.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Jan. 2026
In Brazil, stadiums with capacities beyond 20,000 seats are required to install biometric tracking systems.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 31 Dec. 2025
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Paul Burton, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026
On straight paths, tracking is solid, but switchbacks and dense forests increase the risk of losing sight of the subject—or clipping a tree.
—Graham Averill, Outside, 1 Jan. 2026
These limitations reduce tracking accuracy and interfere with the magnetic gradients used to drive the robots, making precise navigation difficult during live procedures.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Jan. 2026
In Brazil, stadiums with capacities beyond 20,000 seats are required to install biometric tracking systems.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 31 Dec. 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 6 Jan. 2026.
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