retrace
verb (used with object)
to trace backward; go back over.
has retraced
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present perfectof retrace (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The software stock is down 35% from its most recent 52-week high and has retraced about half of its sharp earnings-driven rally from Dec. 3.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
They also reciprocate the openness of those sitting across from them: Shepard has retraced his sobriety journey on multiple occasions, as in last year’s exchange with longtime actor friend Bradley Cooper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2022
"Even though bitcoin has retraced a bit after tagging $42,000 over the weekend, it still managed to close the week well above $40,000," said Mikkel Morch, executive director at digital asset hedge fund ARK36.
From Reuters ● Mar. 21, 2022
In making the “Atlas,” he has retraced sections of the early explorers’ journeys: enacting a twenty-four-hour vigil that Magellan made before leaving Portugal; standing in the spot of Columbus’s first landfall in the Bahamas.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 30, 2019
With these awful words ringing in his ears, Tannhäuser has retraced his weary steps.
From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by J. A. Fuller-Maitland
