How to Use contact tracing in a Sentence

contact tracing

noun

• The biggest challenge to date is contact tracing, Kayesa said.
  — Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
• The contact tracing function won’t be included in the first version of the app, but Kraft hopes to get it up and running soon.
  — Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2020
• But the study found no significant partisan difference in support for contact tracing apps.
  — Jeremy Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2020
• There is certainly no shortage of confusion about digital contact tracing efforts.
  — Jeremy Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2020
• Clumsy deployments of contact tracing apps in the United States may have hurt broader public trust in such technologies.
  — Jeremy Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2020
• Digital contact tracing may also jog fuzzy memories by dredging up relevant information on where a patient has been, and with whom.
  — Jeremy Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2020
• Suffolk County Department of Health is also conducting contact tracing to see who should get tested.
  — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
• Zissman says that developing digital contact tracing during a pandemic is like building a plane and flying it at the same time while also measuring how well everything works.
  — Jeremy Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2020
• But given how labor- and time-intensive manual contact tracing can be, some governments and companies have looked to digital contact tracing systems to help automate part of the process.
  — Jeremy Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2020
• These systems can include contact tracing apps, which in their most privacy-preserving form may be more accurately described as exposure notification apps.
  — Jeremy Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2020
• The health department said the child is in isolation and that contact tracing is underway but declined to provide additional information, citing privacy concerns.
  — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2026
• Public health officials have started contact tracing efforts after more than 100 children were possibly exposed to measles at a Sacramento County event.
  — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
• On top of the upfront cost, each additional case of measles averages $16,000 a pop for contact tracing, medical expenses and quarantine monitoring.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 1 Mar. 2026
• In a statement Monday, Contra Costa Health said the agency is conducting contact tracing and notifying local healthcare providers to be vigilent for possible cases.
  — Tim Fang, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
• For the contact tracing, the app will likely rely on existing work by MIT’s Raskar, an associate professor at MIT Media Lab.
  — Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Mar. 2020
• But containing measles outbreaks also requires substantial investment in contact tracing, quarantines, and public-health messaging that might restrict people’s movements and behaviors—all of which could run up against Bhattacharya’s sensibilities.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
• Confusion and skepticism may confound efforts to make use of digital contact tracing technologies during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  — Jeremy Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2020
• The survey suggests that American support for contact tracing apps, which sits at 42 percent, puts it squarely behind approval ratings for several other public health surveillance measures—notably traditional contact tracing and temperature checks.
  — Jeremy Hsu, IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2020