- present tense form of trace (3rd person singular).
traces
Example Sentences
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Five years after Kabul fell, WSJ Opinion’s new documentary traces the way one decision produced disaster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Yet inside “Always” you can still hear traces of what amounted to a messy workplace dispute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Preliminary laboratory tests have found traces of cyanide in samples of the crops taken from the elephants' stomachs.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
These traces are especially valuable because they provide the only direct evidence of interactions between predators and their prey.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
There are traces of him everywhere, but nothing for her to focus on.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
