trace
noun
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige.
has traced
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present perfectof trace (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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Based on crypto payments TRM has traced, the buyers of the products from these companies are both in the U.S. and elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
BBC Verify has traced the path of the deadly flash flood using verified videos and satellite imagery.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Named after his father, he has traced the Josés in his family tree all the way back to 1759.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
Naveca, who leads a group that tracks Oropouche mutations, has traced the current outbreak to a variant that arose in Brazil in 2015 from reassortment between virus lineages from Peru and Colombia.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 4, 2024
It is as if someone has traced you with a glow-in-the-dark marker.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
