retrace
verb (used with object)
to trace backward; go back over.
retraces
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present tense formof retrace (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Documentarian Geeta Gandbhir retraces this slow-moving tragedy through the body camera footage of the exasperated officers who know that the caller, not the children, is the problem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
Running until March 8, the exhibit retraces the journeys made by the researcher, who died in 2003.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
OTTAWA—Retailers in Canada saw a jump in sales in November that retraces weak trade in recent months, hinting at a recovery in household consumption heading into the important holiday season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
“The Sympathizer” enters the Captain’s story nearly a year into his imprisonment, and many drafts into writing what's deemed as his confession, which reads like a manuscript and retraces his faulty memory.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2024
Just as an embryo retraces much of the human evolutionary past, so budding artists reinvent the first stages of art.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
