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
Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2026
Contact tracing is underway for members of the public and hospital staff who were possibly exposed to that second child when they were being treated at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Roseville.
—CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Charles Singh, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Designed by Bill Bensley, the restaurant reinterprets Victorian-era rituals and Singaporean flavors, tracing the hotel’s culinary evolution from 1887 to today.
—Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026
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Noun
The investigations involved extensive work that included detailed surveillance review, financial tracing across multiple banking institutions and search warrants for telecommunications and digital records, Wellington said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2026
Contact tracing is underway for members of the public and hospital staff who were possibly exposed to that second child when they were being treated at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Roseville.
—CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Verb
The Camry comes standard with a long list of safety features including a pre-collision system with pedestrian detection, proactive driving assist and lane-tracing assist.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Designed by Bill Bensley, the restaurant reinterprets Victorian-era rituals and Singaporean flavors, tracing the hotel’s culinary evolution from 1887 to today.
—Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tracing
Noun
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The pursuit of perfection, in this case, is also tied to proximity to whiteness.—
Elizabeth Gulino,
Allure,
26 Mar. 2026
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That's also a new pursuit for Qualcomm.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Cost anxiety has become the defining concern of the application process.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 2026
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The moment captures the strange overlap now defining the entertainment industry.—
Grant Rindner,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
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During key periods like the pandemic boom and another surge in 2025, trading card indexes tracking Pokémon sales posted gains that far exceeded the S&P 500's long-term average annual return of 10% to 12%, according to trading card valuation tool Card Ladder.—
Brandon Gomez,
CNBC,
29 Mar. 2026
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Arirang sold 641,000 total copies in its first week of release — the most by a group since Billboard started tracking streaming numbers in 2014 — including 532,000 in pure album sales.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
29 Mar. 2026
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While the easiest way to catch the ceremony online at no cost is through DirecTV’s five-day trial period, The Hollywood Reporter is further outlining each streaming option ahead, including any free trials and limited-time discounts.—
Erin Lassner,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Mar. 2026
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Last September, the city released the feasibility study, outlining the site’s potential uses and evaluating considerations like parking and utilities.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Children, in particular, are shown chasing after the smaller robotic units moving around the restaurant.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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At a time when many traditional buyers are either scaling back or chasing bigger bets, Row K positioned itself as a middleman.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 Mar. 2026
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Super Nintendo does a good job sketching out the corporate culture that leads to such demands.—
Alexander Kaplan,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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Maybe that looks like knitting, writing or sketching without distraction, or even meditating.—
Jessica Sulima,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Effectively pursuing all four of these strategies at once, backed by good intelligence and cutting off supply from Iran, could make the war an easier affair than in 2024.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Mar. 2026
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Furthermore, the lawsuit contends that while LaBeouf’s attorneys were still aggressively pursuing their position and seeking monetary compensation from Barnett, a partying LaBeouf was arrested in New Orleans on assault charges for allegedly punching two bar patrons.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Christian Bale had reportedly been circling the project, which will be directed by Scott Cooper.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives may be on a production pause, but news circling the series’ cast has not slowed down.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Tracing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tracing. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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