trace
noun
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige.
has been tracing
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present perfect progressiveof trace (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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For more than 10 years the 100,000 Genomes Project has been tracing and comparing the genomes of tens of thousands of patients with rare diseases and their relatives.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2024
“The Police Department has been tracing her car,” Foss said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2023
Another recipient, Columbia University literary scholar and historian Saidiya Hartman, has been tracing the effects of slavery on modern America.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 25, 2019
At first she worked along the porous border with Guinea but since August she has been tracing contacts in the nation’s capital.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 21, 2014
Acting upon this information, one of my most intelligent subordinates has been tracing him.
From The Amulet by Hendrik Conscience
