- present tense form of trace (3rd person singular).
traces
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A reporter for The Times noted that traces of smoke were evident Sunday morning in Simi Valley.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2026
In our models assuming that spacetime cells exist, the strong and weak nuclear forces, which hold atomic nuclei together, also leave traces in spacetime.
From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2026
The traces of the earlier structure were found a decade ago in Bulford when the ground was cleared for new army housing.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026
But Houdon’s mastery of terracotta—which here still bears traces of what may be the artist’s own fingerprints—is revelatory.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
“I want to know where you received that bite. There was blood only in your bedroom—no traces of it in the hallway or anywhere else.”
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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