retrace
verb (used with object)
to trace backward; go back over.
retraced
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past participleof retrace.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof retrace.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
retraceverb (used with object)to trace backward; go back over.
Example Sentences
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To determine when the ability developed and how it changed over time, the team retraced lactoferrin's evolutionary history and reconstructed versions belonging to its extinct ancestors.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
Nasdaq-listed PDD hit a 2026 low in June but has since retraced some of those declines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The oil market did a “good job in making up for the supply cut off” from Iran, which is why prices retraced so sharply, Edward Meir, an analyst at financial-services platform Marex, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
And then he retraced his steps across the 150-foot wide thoroughfare that knifes through the heart of the city along what once was the Red Car line of the Pacific Electric Railway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
“She may have attempted it,” he said as they retraced their steps through the garden and along the side of the house.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
