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tracking

[trak-ing] / ˈtræk ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
trailing
Synonyms
STRONG
hunting
Antonyms
WEAK
ahead guiding leading
NOUN
pursuit
Synonyms
STRONGEST
hunt inquiry quest
STRONG
following hunting pursual pursuance reaching seeking stalk trail trailing
WEAK
going all out pursuing
Antonyms
WEAK
retreat surrender

Example Sentences

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For the last year, she’s been tracking them like a hawk.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

According to data from commodities tracking firm Kpler analysed by AFP, Iran has exported an average of about 1.8 million barrels of crude per day by sea since early March.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Treasury yields edged lower, tracking a fall in oil prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Scientists have long studied memory by tracking how quantum states change over time, an approach rooted in the work of Erwin Schrödinger.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

Along the way, Copernicus’s dabblings with the planets and stars showed him how complicated the old Greek system of tracking the planets was.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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