as in pursuit
the act of going after or in the tracks of another
the tracing of this mountain lion is going to be difficult if the rain washes away all of the tracks
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1
as in defining
to draw or make apparent the outline of
trace your hand onto this piece of paper
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as in tracking
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 tracing
Erica Stern
june 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
Scribble tracing can be a great activity for toddlers to explore nature and their creative side.
—Dr. Pooja Sarin Tandon, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Beekman begins the book by tracing the evolutionary steps that made language possible—and necessary.
—Elissa Strauss, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
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Noun
The final nurse, plain face and plain name, studies a tracing of my contractions and tells me when to bear down, when to ease up.
—Erica Stern
june 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
Scribble tracing can be a great activity for toddlers to explore nature and their creative side.
—Dr. Pooja Sarin Tandon, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025
Verb
The October 2014 findings, obtained by Rolling Stone, were brutal, tracing more than a dozen state and federal lawsuits filed against West in Wisconsin and Tennessee.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Beekman begins the book by tracing the evolutionary steps that made language possible—and necessary.
—Elissa Strauss, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tracing
Noun
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The Regency-era romantic drama follows the lives of esteemed families of the British high society and their romantic pursuits through the lens of mysterious gossip columnist, Lady Whistledown.—
Stephanie Wenger,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Richard Hughes’ reputation is at an all-time high, given the success of his negotiations with Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk last season, allied with his successful pursuits of Wirtz, Isak, Hugo Ekitike, et al.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Impact of 'Bluey' There's no doubt that Bluey is one of those shows that's defining our current era.—
De Elizabeth,
Parents,
3 Sep. 2025
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The company has positioned itself to revive theatrical Hindi-language cinema through genre-defining storytelling.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Its systems act as a 3D camera, tracking up to 15,000 collisions each second.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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The college attributed increasing nonparticipating student counts to improved methods of tracking student participation.—
Edward McKinnon,
Arkansas Online,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Context, caveats and critical thinking must all be considered when outlining the process from start to finish.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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The report will list possible causes for autism based on a review of research, while also outlining the research that is still unknown on the subject.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Ecuador are a couple of points behind Brazil and sit in the middle of the chasing pack, but that is not the whole story.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Rather than chasing every trend or asset class, invest where your heritage, relationships, and insight give you natural advantage.—
Francois Botha,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Martinez told Newsweek that her aunt had briefly returned to sketching a few years ago at the age of 100, but had stopped again.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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Typically, the White House sends Congress a supplemental spending request sketching out its funding asks; that hasn’t happened yet.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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But Stander and other preservationists are pursuing other avenues and got a boost last month.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Here, Fallon supports veterans pursuing entrepreneurship through acquisition at precisely the moment a generation of owners is retiring.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In a statement following the SCO AI Cooperation Forum held in May, Beijing called on member states to work together in building a collaboration center for AI application, while pledging to promote open-source AI models and share advanced technologies.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
2 Sep. 2025
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In some cases, officers on raids have gone to wrong addresses following leads that relied on artificial intelligence, increasing the chances of picking up the wrong person or putting an officer in danger, according to one current and two former officials.—
Ted Hesson,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Tracing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tracing. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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