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retrace

verb as in repeat

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Everything users do through the interface, which uses Palantir’s GovCloud platform, is carefully preserved, so anyone with access can retrace their steps.

Almost 20 years ago, Eric Sheppard picked up the slave narrative written by his distant ancestor, Moses Grandy, and set out to retrace his long trudge to freedom.

When turning off a path, we often take a special look around the crucial spot so we can retrace our steps.

Evidence of an infection that has already cleared can also help researchers retrace a virus’s steps.

Technology offered a way to automate time-honored contact tracing efforts in which public health investigators ask patients to retrace their footsteps in order to deduce where they got infected.

"To R——," replied the man, as he turned silently and sullenly to retrace his steps.

"I don't care to retrace all of mine," said Mr. Bradford, whose pale face wore a smile beneath its bandage.

Then, slowly, she began to retrace her steps toward the corner from which she had started.

Whatever it was, we thought it prudent to retrace our steps, and went down to the sea again by the same path.

But we must now leave the king, and retrace history to the commencement of the civil war.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to retrace, such as: backtrack, perseverate, recall, recollect, reiterate, and reminisce.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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