- present participle of track.
tracking
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trackings
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the act or process of following something or someone
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electrical engineering a leakage of electric current between two points separated by an insulating material caused by dirt, carbon particles, moisture, etc
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the way wheels on a vehicle are aligned
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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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Increased monitoring and more advanced disease tracking can also amplify the sense that something new is afoot, even if it was always there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
According to Goepfert, there is no one official source for the stock-market breadth data used in tracking the Omen.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
The Lincoln has been at sea since 11 December on a deployment that was initially slated to end in May, tracking data compiled by BBC Verify shows.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Cleanview is tracking 59 data centers with on-site power generation that aren’t connected to the power grid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“That’s the device that sends out your electronic signal. If we can remove your Transmitter, you’ll be able to run away whenever you want, without anyone tracking you.”
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
It's a sad thing as how we may be found out, no matter how careful we sweep up our trackings.
From Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs by Anne Warner
She did not believe any of them, and had no faith in their mysterious trackings and whisperings aside, and mad gallopings off to hidden ends.
From The Rustler of Wind River by George W. (George Washington) Ogden
Hence come my laborious trackings of it through mazes of moods and feelings; painful trifling, I daresay.
From The King's Mirror by Anthony Hope
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