How to Use tracing in a Sentence

tracing

noun
  • But there are still tracings of the body they were born with.
    Loren Savini, Allure, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Customers take tracings of their heads and hairlines then send them to the team.
    Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Daniel still has these tracings today, rolled tightly and frayed at the edges.
    Emilie Hardman, JSTOR Daily, 6 May 2026
  • The whole point of contact tracing is to break the chain of infection.
    oregonlive, 13 Aug. 2021
  • But the virus is spreading faster than testing and contact tracing can keep up.
    Catherine Ho, SFChronicle.com, 31 July 2020
  • States are backing away from efforts to roll out contact tracing apps.
    Washington Post, 13 June 2020
  • Then they were shut down for two weeks before their spring break because of contact tracing.
    Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 29 Apr. 2021
  • And, if parents do alert their schools, the process for contact tracing may be quicker.
    Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Contact tracing is seen as a vital part of slowing the spread of the disease.
    Rachel Leingang, The Arizona Republic, 26 June 2020
  • Then he was sidelined at times due to contact tracing, Mouser said.
    Travis Hines, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2021
  • We were assigned to the same table each night – better for contact tracing.
    Dan Fellner, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2021
  • In the meantime, the lack of robust contact tracing meant the virus was spreading unchecked.
    USA Today, 24 Dec. 2020
  • New tools, like ray tracing, also caught the interest of players who had walked away from the game.
    Julia Alexander, The Verge, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Schools are no longer required to conduct contact tracing, and most have stopped or slowed down testing.
    Seamus McAvoy, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Box said the state is adjusting its contact tracing process due to the large numbers of new cases.
    Ethan May, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Check out the trailer below to see how much of an impact ray tracing can have on the game’s visuals.
    Brad Chacos, PCWorld, 14 Nov. 2018
  • As a result, tracing where a cell phone has been is no different to tracking where a person has been.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 22 June 2018
  • Robust testing and contact tracing are key public health strategies to slow the spread of the virus.
    Rachel Leingang, The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2020
  • Contact tracing has been used in public health for years to help stop the spread of contagious diseases.
    Popular Science, 5 June 2020
  • Ohio State will come in at less than full strength due to coronavirus cases and contact tracing.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Support will be crucial, though—PC game support for ray tracing has been slow so far.
    Popular Science, 17 Mar. 2020
  • The fewer cases there are, the more effective the contact tracing is.
    Dov Lieber, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Contact tracing breaks down when there are too many cases at once, as happened in Japan in April.
    Fortune, 24 June 2020
  • Contact tracing and the daily testing of ocean water quality could slow down.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • But officials familiar with the tracing of Crooks’s weapon said the request was pushed to the front of the line.
    Perry Stein, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
  • As the virus surges in Sun Belt cities, others are only now starting to ramp up contact tracing.
    Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2020
  • Even then, contact tracing and isolation could contain it quickly.
    Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The steady increase in infection rates will also be a challenge, adding to the workload for the city’s contact tracing team.
    Joseph De Avila, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2020
  • While some users were shocked by the green dye, this isn’t the first time NYC has implemented dye tracing.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Blackmon was out the first meeting, a 78-61 Jeff win, due to contract tracing.
    Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Mar. 2021

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