trace
noun
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige.
is tracing
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present progressiveof trace (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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By examining genetic material preserved in bones and teeth, his team is tracing how domesticated animals such as cattle, goats and sheep spread from the Fertile Crescent across Eurasia.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026
Wayne Corcoran, who is from Newfoundland in Canada, is visiting the island of Ireland with friends and is tracing his Irish family roots.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024
At the same time, Henri, a younger but more potent storm, is tracing a broad loop over the open ocean south of Bermuda.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2021
One of these, as indicated by a dotted line, is tracing a square in midair, while the artist himself has drawn a rectangle around the whole image.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2021
There Lincoln is tracing in broad, plain strokes the origin and on-coming of the war.
From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.
