TRACED Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

traced

verb

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 Guatemalan epidemic has been traced back to a gathering in Santiago Atitlán in December 2025 that was organized by a Christian megachurch whose leaders have been vocal about their anti-vaccine views. — Kathryn H. Jacobsen, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026 The modern approach to cooling horses at major international events, such as the Olympics or the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping, can be traced back to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. — Danielle Rossingh, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Stephen Hunt, chief development officer for VRT, told the council that virtually every rider complaint from long waits at the Senior Center to circuitous routes traced back to a lack of funding rather than mismanagement. — Noah Daly august 20, Idaho Statesman, 20 Aug. 2026 Police traced the IP address and phone number associated with an Instagram account back to Turner, who later admitted to being the account owner, police said. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026 Coinbase and DarkTower traced the operation's infrastructure to Hong Kong and Romania, a network known for financial phishing. — Shehan Chandrasekera, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Most conflicts between humans and bears are traced back to human food, garbage, pet food, bird seed, or other things that attract bears. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026 The Food and Drug Administration has now traced almost 10,000 cases to recalled iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms across 17 states. — Elizabeth Schulze, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 Related Stories Roots of this label can be traced to Peacock. — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026

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And increasingly, the biggest EV factory may no longer be defined simply by the number of cars rolling off a single assembly line, but by the size of the entire industrial ecosystem built around them.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026
After all those years, the curse had finally been broken, and a franchise once defined by failure suddenly became one of baseball’s great modern success stories.

— Emile Nuh, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of defined

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Philadelphia Police Department Smith said the suspect chased a man on the west side of 15th Street and then approached a woman jogging at 15th and Market streets.

— Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
For three years the argument against the entire category was that this line could never flip, that each model generation would cost more than the last while revenue forever chased the compute bill.

— Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

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Earlier this week, researchers outlined an attack that used a secret input provided by Microsoft 365 Copilot for enterprise to cause the AI assistant to exfiltrate a password present in the user’s inbox.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026
Practice them two or three times per week, as outlined below.

— Dana Santas, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of outlined

Verb

The ball tracked perfectly toward the cup but stopped a foot or two short.

— Alan Webber, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Amazon sales data from Market Defense tracked in early July over the previous 12 months offers a snapshot of brands gaining traction among parents shopping for babies and children.

— Faye Brookman, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of tracked

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With its hairpin turns and madcap improvisations, the odyssey at the book’s center can seem, says our reviewer, like something sketched out by Jules Verne.

— Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2026
Sources told the site that Iran and Oman have sketched an agreement in which Iran controls the northern route for inbound traffic while Oman controls the southern route for outgoing vessels.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of sketched

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But North Korea has also long pursued an end to US military exercises with South Korea.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
The film loosely adapts the plot of The Taming of The Shrew and follows the rebellious Kat Stratford (Stiles) as she is pursued by Patrick Verona (Ledger), who is paid to take her out on a date.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026

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