- 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
GM’s famed “Small Block” V-8 engine, a design that also traces its lineage back to the 1950s, has a similar following and cachet to the Hemi, Nicholson said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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
He revived the famous Maxwell brothers who found a vein of gold and hid the traces of it so carefully that they could never find it again.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
