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as in defined
to draw or make apparent the outline of
trace your hand onto this piece of paper
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as in chased
to go after or on the track of
police traced the burglar back to his apartment, where they discovered a ton of stolen loot
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Recent Examples of traced
This can likely be traced back to Gian Piero Gasperini’s arrival in Serie A with Genoa in 2007, using a back-three system to counteract the prevailing, narrow 4-3-1-2 shape that was commonly employed in Italy.
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Mark Carey, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Toczylowski has said investigators traced King's cell phone to the location where her remains were found, and that the phone's activity at the location matches the timeline of burning a vehicle of interest.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
At the Gateway Arch, a tram ride to the top offered sweeping views of the Mississippi River and downtown, while the museum below traced the city’s role in westward expansion.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 22 Oct. 2025
Wine culture in the area is traced to native grapes like Muscadine and 17th-century colonial imports.
—Osayi Endolyn, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Oct. 2025
The Dohnányis came from a Hungarian noble family that traced its roots back centuries.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
In March 2022, auditors at Century Casino in Cripple Creek found an $1,800 overpayment on an electronic roulette game and traced it to Min through video surveillance.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent scholarship on mesh outages in protest scenarios reveals problems such as network messages failing to deliver, appearing out of order, and exposing users to being traced—even if the nodes in the network (for example, phones running the mesh app) are right next to each other.
—Margo Anderson, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Oct. 2025
Researchers Anne Pezalla and Alice Davidson traced the rise of gentle parenting to pandemic-era stress and a rejection of the way many adults were raised.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Mark Carey, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Toczylowski has said investigators traced King's cell phone to the location where her remains were found, and that the phone's activity at the location matches the timeline of burning a vehicle of interest.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
At the Gateway Arch, a tram ride to the top offered sweeping views of the Mississippi River and downtown, while the museum below traced the city’s role in westward expansion.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 22 Oct. 2025
Wine culture in the area is traced to native grapes like Muscadine and 17th-century colonial imports.
—Osayi Endolyn, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Oct. 2025
The Dohnányis came from a Hungarian noble family that traced its roots back centuries.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
In March 2022, auditors at Century Casino in Cripple Creek found an $1,800 overpayment on an electronic roulette game and traced it to Min through video surveillance.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent scholarship on mesh outages in protest scenarios reveals problems such as network messages failing to deliver, appearing out of order, and exposing users to being traced—even if the nodes in the network (for example, phones running the mesh app) are right next to each other.
—Margo Anderson, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Oct. 2025
Researchers Anne Pezalla and Alice Davidson traced the rise of gentle parenting to pandemic-era stress and a rejection of the way many adults were raised.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traced
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Supplemental feeding is defined as providing extra nutrition during times of natural forage scarcity.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Oct. 2025
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This is how Bertolt Brecht defined the aim of epic theater.—
Susan Sontag,
Vogue,
26 Oct. 2025
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Those interviewed in the UN report described being surveilled, followed and even chased by drones while going about their everyday lives.—
Catherine Nicholls,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Jimenez, who joined the Navy shortly after his 18th birthday, largely served on PC-616, a patrol craft boat that chased submarines.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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In addition to trying to hold lawmakers accountable for passing a state spending plan on time, Duggan outlined his plan to give school administrators a runway to improve student outcomes before firing them, which would give school districts some say in their accountability measures.—
Clara Hendrickson,
Freep.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Chinese authorities outlined plans to increase the country’s self-reliance and deepen its dominance of manufacturing.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Nevertheless, after hearing that exchange, my Athletic colleague Ken Rosenthal tracked down the manager himself to explore this very topic.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Planes were being tracked and reports coming from all kinds of sources, but in the end, the Blue Jays fell short in the sweepstakes.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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It was sketched out on a piece of paper and tucked into her grandmother's Bible.—
Molly Davis,
Nashville Tennessean,
15 Oct. 2025
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Kelsey, who was adopted as an infant, sketched out the design for her boxes on an airplane napkin.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
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King is said to have had nightmares that night — his son running through endless hallways, pursued by a malevolent presence — inspiring the plot of the famous movie.—
Noreen Kompanik,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Blue Jays, of course, had aggressively pursued Ohtani two winters ago, when the Japanese designated hitter/pitcher opted to sign a long-term deal with the Dodgers.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Sulfuric aerosols trapped in ice cores suggest that a truly massive volcanic eruption took place in 1809, followed by a succession of smaller eruptions that culminated in the staggering explosion of Mount Tambora in 1815.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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That being said, the Consumer Price Index has followed an almost identical trajectory from Q420 to the most recent figures, meaning spending is merely in line with inflation.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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The actress was shown wincing in pain before being escorted out of the ballroom on a stretcher into an ambulance.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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Very soon after, he was escorted away.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Traced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traced. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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