- present tense form of trace (3rd person singular).
traces
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Most of the global tax debate of the past decade traces back to this myth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The ship's wooden structure has not survived, but the ceramic storage pots it was carrying were lying on the sea floor and, remarkably, some still contain traces of what they held inside.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
In her 2021 book “The Fishmeal Revolution,” Kristin A. Wintersteen traces how the Humboldt Current — a cold, nutrient-rich upwelling system along the Pacific coast of South America — was reimagined as a protein mine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
This 4% rate traces to a 1994 article by William Bengen in the Journal of Financial Planning.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
I prized his hands away, hoping he wouldn’t notice the traces of damp from my eyes that his fingers had transferred to my shirt.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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