TRACED Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

traced

verb

Definition of traced next

past tense of trace

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 The team's clever simulations traced the journey of various types of gas, carefully avoiding the usual shortcuts in models that can often lead to fuzzy answers. —

Paul Sutter, Space.com, 4 May 2026 Arthur Bryant’s and Gates Bar-B-Q, whose origins can be traced back to Henry Perry through his apprentices decades ago. —

Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 4 May 2026 All of that can be traced back to her playing days in the Bay. —

Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 4 May 2026 Alternativa Then, Now and Up Next In an interview with Variety, Surganova, who’s been with Alternativa since its launch, traced the growth of the fledgling event, from its launch in Kazakhstan to its second edition in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and now in Colombia. —

Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 3 May 2026 That type of thinking can be traced to the game’s origins, more than a century ago. —

Tim Rohan, NBC news, 3 May 2026 The body of commentary that has developed since, particularly in the field of postcolonial studies, has traced the ways in which uninvited borrowings follow the vectors of asymmetrical power relations. —

Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 2 May 2026 Their connection traced back to Lukas’ days training quarter horses in New Mexico before getting into thoroughbreds and becoming one of the faces of the sport. —

Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026 Some of that can be traced to the fact that Derrick Brown, one of the best defensive linemen in the game, was healthy all year after missing nearly all of 2024. —

Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2026

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For a player whose career has always been defined by popularity, near-misses and unfinished major championship business, that’s more than enough to make the golf world pay attention again.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
The Emmys are supposed to identify and honor the TV that defined the previous year.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 May 2026