are retracing
- present progressive of retrace.
Example Sentences
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“They are retracing and mirroring the contours of human drama and debate, as documented in their vast training data.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
The British botanist was joined by a handful of young naturalists who are retracing the sailboat expedition taken by Charles Darwin nearly 200 years ago that led to his theory of evolution.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2023
A hundred and 50 years after Russia sold Alaska to the United States, Mr. Malakhov and a small team are retracing routes blazed by earlier Russian explorers in the 1800s.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2017
America’s most likely next first family are retracing familiar steps.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 16, 2016
Through the ruins of creeds and philosophies, which have for ages disdained it, we are retracing our steps toward that height—just as the Athenians did two thousand years ago.
From God the Invisible King by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
