- present tense form of trace (3rd person singular).
traces
Example Sentences
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Product ecologist at Nature Metrics, Dr George Muscatt, said the eDNA was "tiny traces or fingerprints of DNA that species in that ecosystem have left behind".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
It’s well-known that all of the stock market’s net gain traces to a very small number of days.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
My perverse love for lip stuff traces back to when I was 4 and first tried on my grandmother’s Clinique lipstick in Raspberry Glace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Farther above, at altitudes of several hundred kilometers, traces of Earth's upper atmosphere can still exert enough drag to slow satellites.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
I put the blind back to how it was, checked I'd left no other traces of my incursion, slipped out, and flew downstairs to see who it was.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
