retrace
verb (used with object)
to trace backward; go back over.
retraced
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past participleof retrace.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof retrace.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
retraceverb (used with object)to trace backward; go back over.
Example Sentences
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To determine when the ability developed and how it changed over time, the team retraced lactoferrin's evolutionary history and reconstructed versions belonging to its extinct ancestors.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
And then he retraced his steps across the 150-foot wide thoroughfare that knifes through the heart of the city along what once was the Red Car line of the Pacific Electric Railway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
WTI crude prices have retraced a substantial amount of their post-war surge, but current futures prices don’t anticipate a return to pre-war levels until at least the middle of next year.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
It isn’t just U.S. stocks that have retraced their postconflict moves; the dollar has also erased most of its gains since the fighting began.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026
The French natural historian Charles Marie de la Condamine retraced Orellana’s journey in 1743.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
