1
: the assigning of students to a curricular track
2
: the standard distance between adjacent characters (as in composed text) : letterspacing compare kerning
Examples of tracking in a Sentence
took a class in the tracking of game that the hunters' association offers
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Lynn Foster is certain the cuts to programs included in the tax and spending bill signed by President Donald Trump earlier this month means the end of bird and bee tracking.
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Arkansas Online, 27 July 2025
According to the tracking site Cruise Mapper, the ship is expected to return to Miami at 6 a.m. on July 26.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025
Calling the business side a distraction, Johnson is hiring new leadership and expanding Blueprint into clinics, certification programs, and personalized biomarker tracking, teasing investment into the longevity company.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 24 July 2025
The album — with all versions, old and new, combined — earned 79,000 equivalent album units in the latest tracking week, a gain of 1,489%.
—Jim Asker, Billboard, 23 July 2025
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Arkansas Online, 27 July 2025
According to the tracking site Cruise Mapper, the ship is expected to return to Miami at 6 a.m. on July 26.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025
Calling the business side a distraction, Johnson is hiring new leadership and expanding Blueprint into clinics, certification programs, and personalized biomarker tracking, teasing investment into the longevity company.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 24 July 2025
The album — with all versions, old and new, combined — earned 79,000 equivalent album units in the latest tracking week, a gain of 1,489%.
—Jim Asker, Billboard, 23 July 2025
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“Tracking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tracking. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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