- present tense form of trace (3rd person singular).
traces
Example Sentences
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In larger outbreaks, health officials look for common exposures among sick people before the FDA traces products back to a common supplier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
If “The Inheritors” traces the birth of our kind of consciousness, “Pincher Martin” imagines its last stand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Instead, they must search for chemical traces and other evidence that remain after the planet is gone.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
Saar traces her habit of rescuing discarded materials to her childhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
He tried to gather up some papers and scraps of wood, as if there were traces of his mismatched life that he hadn’t wanted me to see.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
