tracking

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noun

track·​ing ˈtra-kiŋ How to pronounce tracking (audio)
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1
: the assigning of students to a curricular track
2
: the standard distance between adjacent characters (as in composed text) : letterspacing compare kerning entry 1

tracking

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present participle of track entry 2

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Noun took a class in the tracking of game that the hunters' association offers
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Political advertising spending for this year surpassed $10 billion in October, marking an all-time high, according to media tracking group AdImpact, driven by record spending in states such as Ohio, Texas, and Maine. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2026 A lot of the drag in modern organizations comes from context scattered across project tracking, documentation, email and messaging, code repositories and domain-specific tools. — Joel Burleson-Davis, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026 The Edge builds on the Air by adding a display and standalone GPS for phone-free pace and route tracking. — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026 This change demonstrates that companies have the capability to track context about users, but tracking user distress is still focused on detecting acute harms. — Ned Cooper, STAT, 26 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tracking

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First Known Use

Noun

circa 1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of tracking was circa 1929

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“Tracking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tracking. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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