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: the assigning of students to a curricular track
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: the standard distance between adjacent characters (as in composed text) : letterspacing compare kerning
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took a class in the tracking of game that the hunters' association offers
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For 2023, the tracking site calculates 1,191 technology firms dropped 263,180 employees from their payrolls.
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David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2024
However, Shawn Levy’s Deadpool & Wolverine seems poised to break through that, with box office tracking putting its domestic opening somewhere in the $160 million to $165 million range.
—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 July 2024
Flight 136 departed from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on Tuesday night at 10:51 p.m. and landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York 3:59 a.m., according to flight tracking site FlightAware.
—Marnie Hunter, CNN, 3 July 2024
In the July 21-27 tracking week, the song recorded 11.9 million official U.S. streams, according to Luminate.
—Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 3 July 2024
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David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2024
However, Shawn Levy’s Deadpool & Wolverine seems poised to break through that, with box office tracking putting its domestic opening somewhere in the $160 million to $165 million range.
—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 July 2024
Flight 136 departed from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on Tuesday night at 10:51 p.m. and landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York 3:59 a.m., according to flight tracking site FlightAware.
—Marnie Hunter, CNN, 3 July 2024
In the July 21-27 tracking week, the song recorded 11.9 million official U.S. streams, according to Luminate.
—Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 3 July 2024
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“Tracking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tracking. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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