as in pursuit
the act of going after or in the tracks of another
the submarine's relentless shadowing of the destroyer
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1
as in chasing
to go after or on the track of
shadowing the suspect to see what he was up to
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2
as in obscuring
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
thickening clouds shadowed the countryside
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3
as in shading
to shelter (something) from light and heat
a pathway shadowed by a canopy of arching branches
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shadowing
Noun
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Trump’s pursuit of territorial expansion, seeking to annex Greenland and recover the Panama Canal, could give free rein to other expansionist powers, namely Russia and China.—
Agustino Fontevecchia,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025 -
Indirect talks between the U.S. and the world’s worst state-sponsor of terrorism, according to Democratic and Republican administrations, have not compelled Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Smothered in clouds, this House of the Dragon valley provides perfect, obscuring aerial cover for anyone who might happen to be wandering around in the wilderness and stumbles into a dragon that went rogue decades ago.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
30 Dec. 2024
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However, the relentless pursuit of RTO may be a costly distraction, obscuring deeper issues such as workforce reductions and the evolving nature of work, particularly with the rise of artificial intelligence, that are hindering corporate performance.—
Timothy Papandreou,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
Noun
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To help with the tracking, consider using a spreadsheet or a budgeting app.—
Gabriel Rodríguez,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Beginning with the 2023-24 season, all NBA arenas were equipped with optical tracking technology, which captures player and ball movement in real time.—
Jason Quick,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Nebraska is all in on pursuing Millard South tight end Isaac Jensen.—
Mitch Sherman,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 2024
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Any international observer should be able to understand Seoul’s reasoning for pursuing a nuclear option.—
Robert E. Kelly,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The flowers and the ferns put themselves to bed, shedding petals, drying and darkening, folding up.—
Richard Brookhiser,
National Review,
19 Dec. 2024
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The weather is darkening, the leaves are falling and the zombies are nearing your doorstep.—
Annalise Frank,
Axios,
21 Oct. 2024
Verb
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This process must ensure that risk management is aligned with current regulations, established company policies and industry best practices, thereby protecting security, privacy and corporate integrity.—
Susana Sierra,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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But the brains of the hybrid mice developed fewer of these tangles and plaques, as if the sleep mutations were protecting the animals.—
Marla Broadfoot,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 Dec. 2024
Noun
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This typically includes: Electrocardiogram (ECG): an electrical tracing of the heart which may show dangerous heart rhythms or inherited electrical conditions like Long QT Syndrome, Brugada Syndrome or Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome.—
Jesse Pines,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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In this two-dimensional tracing of the data [above], the surface of the ice and shape of the bedrock are clearly visible.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Aug. 2023
Noun
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Maybe that could help clean up the hills of uranium-laden tailings from the mines, or deliver higher-paying jobs.—
Oleksandra Mykolyshyn,
New York Times,
1 Mar. 2025
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Yellow and orange layers exposed mine tailings deposits in the cutbanks where the river meanders.—
Brandon Loomis,
The Arizona Republic,
19 Dec. 2024
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“Shadowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shadowing. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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