Explore Norad through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Norad meaning
- Acronym of North American Aerospace Defense Command
- Acronym of Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation.
Using Norad
- The main meaning on this page is: Acronym of North American Aerospace Defense Command | Acronym of Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation.
- In the example corpus, norad often appears in combinations such as: the norad, command norad, norad tracks.
Context around Norad
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Norad
- In this selection, "norad" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, command, website, stories, tracks, explains and hotline stand out and add context to how "norad" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include affiliated with norad most of and ask about norad tracks santa. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "norad" sits close to words such as abakaliki, abbasi and abductors, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with norad
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Why did Norad start tracking Santa? (6 words)
Bone up on NORAD before you blame meeee. (8 words)
It has been established that NORAD "missed" them? (8 words)
The North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) confirmed that on Monday two US F-16 fighter jets were deployed to Alaska after Russian Tu-95 “Bear” bombers and 30 fighter jets were spotted flying close to US airspace on Tuesday. (40 words)
Not only is it fun to track Santa's journey, since NORAD starting tracking Santa, a lot more kids are all tucked in and sleeping by the time the big guy makes it to their home for the holidays. (39 words)
The final thing I would offer is that anytime you talk to any person around the world and say that you're affiliated with NORAD, most of them will ask about NORAD Tracks Santa. (34 words)
It has been established that NORAD "missed" them? (8 words)
Why did Norad start tracking Santa? (6 words)
Example sentences (20)
The final thing I would offer is that anytime you talk to any person around the world and say that you're affiliated with NORAD, most of them will ask about NORAD Tracks Santa.
On its website, NORAD explains, “Like many origin stories, NORAD’s mission to track Santa began by accident.
Before the technology allowed it to become an interactive online tool, kids could find out where Santa was by calling the NORAD hotline in December.
Bone up on NORAD before you blame meeee.
General VanHerck said the NORAD radars could not adequately detect hypersonics and other threats.
It has been established that NORAD "missed" them?
NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, issued a statement shortly after Rosendale's interview and confirmed it was a false alarm.
NORAD, which is responsible for protecting the skies over the United States and Canada, activates its Santa tracking system at 6 a.m. ET on Christmas Eve.
Pentagon Press Secretary, Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, added, "On Christmas Eve, NORAD has one additional special mission, tracking Santa as he makes his way across the globe.
The North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) confirmed that on Monday two US F-16 fighter jets were deployed to Alaska after Russian Tu-95 “Bear” bombers and 30 fighter jets were spotted flying close to US airspace on Tuesday.
The US department of Defence gave some more details at a separate briefing: the object was first noted on Thursday by the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD).
Canada has also pointed to its commitment of nearly $40 billion over 20 years toward modernization of its NORAD capabilities, including over-the-horizon radar systems that can detect encroaching threats.
Local law enforcement is investigating mysterious drones flying overhead, while NORAD and the U.S. military’s Northern Command have not been asked to identify them, according to officials within those agencies.
NORAD said: "If children are still awake when Santa arrives, he moves on to other houses.
NORAD Santa tracker is live — follow his progress here.
Not only is it fun to track Santa's journey, since NORAD starting tracking Santa, a lot more kids are all tucked in and sleeping by the time the big guy makes it to their home for the holidays.
Sant's elves have told us (and NORAD) that he is just making final preparations for his journey ahead of setting off from the North Pole.
Why did Norad start tracking Santa?
He oversees all local maintenance actions on the Battle Control Center’s information systems in support of NORAD’s no-fail mission.
Norad: County jails and prisons are gradually going to become nightmare death factories.
Common combinations with norad
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the norad 6×
- command norad 5×
- norad tracks 4×
- at norad 3×
- norad which 2×
- norad and 2×
- norad said 2×
- and norad 2×
- norad that 2×
- of norad 2×