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tracing

[tray-sing] / ˈtreɪ sɪŋ /
















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The company’s cyber investigators began to work with their own partners that specialize in tracing cryptocurrency—TRM Labs, Chainalysis and Elliptic—to compile a list of digital addresses containing the pilfered funds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

After tracing Highway 127 along the edge of Death Valley and State Route 78 through the badlands of Anza Borrego, the journey now shifts to the north.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

By tracing the genetic origins of these clones and comparing patterns of gene activity, the researchers connected differences in DNA copy numbers with the types of cells present in each tumor.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

"So our focus is on the contact tracing and ensuring that we know exactly where those contacts are."

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

And the one detail I can neither fathom nor shake, the one that haunts me into sleep: the feel of her fingertips tracing the outline of my face.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

An army of people would spend a week or two searching for tiger tracks and making tracings or plaster casts of the left hind foot.

From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026

The platform’s inputs are “imaging of any type—ECG, heart tracings, echocardiograms, blood tests, labs, genetic tests and, importantly, the electronic health record,” Dr. Mansi says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026

I could ignore my past struggles, pretend they no longer matter, but indelible tracings remain.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2022

Using radiocarbon tracings, the archaeologists have dated the grave to the approximate time of the construction of Stonehenge, between 3005 and 2890 B.C.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2022

A cheerful brown, they were, with tracings of darker brown.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck


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