- present participle of tail.
tailing
Example Sentences
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ChatGPT price-war report comes as data shows AI usage already tailing off.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
But data provided by Blanchet shows the genre rapidly tailing off in the early 2010s.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
She is in the early stages of developing a tool to quickly identify behaviour like lurking and tailing, and direct help when it is needed.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
They’re tailing skiers as they rip through moguls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Tanisha’s up there with all the B’s, and here I am standing in my holey tube socks, sandwiched between all the M’s and N’s, with Beatriz tailing right behind me.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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