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tracking

American  
[trak-ing] / ˈtræk ɪŋ /

noun

  1. track system.

tracking British  
/ ˈtrækɪŋ /

noun

  1. the act or process of following something or someone

  2. electrical engineering a leakage of electric current between two points separated by an insulating material caused by dirt, carbon particles, moisture, etc

  3. the way wheels on a vehicle are aligned

  4. a function of a video cassette recorder, which adjusts the alignment of the heads in order to achieve the best possible audio and video reproduction from each recording

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Other Word Forms

  • mistracking noun

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This finding is consistent with the #WeCount data from the Society for Family Planning, the other organization tracking U.S. abortions.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

“There was no search here,” Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson wrote in a concurring opinion that defended the use of this tracking data.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

Data from tracking site MarineTraffic showed some vessels were able to make it through the strait while it was briefly open.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Israel’s intelligence operatives spent weeks tracking Hezbollah’s unit commanders as they dispersed from their strongholds and regrouped in hide-outs around the country to evade Israeli attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

It landed outside with a bone-crackling THUMP, and the Witchlings ran to see if they could follow it, but there would be no tracking tonight.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

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