retrace
verb (used with object)
to trace backward; go back over.
retraces
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present tense formof retrace (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The episode retraces his steps alongside forensic pathologist Richard Shepherd, who carried out Jay's postmortem when his body was returned to the UK.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Running until March 8, the exhibit retraces the journeys made by the researcher, who died in 2003.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
OTTAWA—Retailers in Canada saw a jump in sales in November that retraces weak trade in recent months, hinting at a recovery in household consumption heading into the important holiday season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Prime Video’s “Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames,” in contrast, retraces the reporting of Vanity Fair’s Alice Hines, who serves as its main protagonist and narrator.
From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2023
Just as an embryo retraces much of the human evolutionary past, so budding artists reinvent the first stages of art.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
