- present tense form of trace (3rd person singular).
traces
Example Sentences
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AFP reporters saw traces of an explosion on a pedestrian walkway and technicians repairing power lines on the bridge.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
The same reactions can also create carbonate and silica, minerals that are capable of preserving traces left behind by past microbial activity.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
It even features traces of fingerprints and brush hairs are still visible.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
North Carolina's famed Highway 12, which traces the razor-thin chain of barrier islands off its coast, was washed out this week, stranding some island residents from the mainland.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
That shadow would marry this shadow, and the peculiar, yellowish soil of our locality seal the wound in the whiteness, and yet another snowfall erase the traces of newness in Joan's grave.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
