tracing
noun
the act of a person or thing that traces.
tracings
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pluralof tracing.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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An army of people would spend a week or two searching for tiger tracks and making tracings or plaster casts of the left hind foot.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026
The platform’s inputs are “imaging of any type—ECG, heart tracings, echocardiograms, blood tests, labs, genetic tests and, importantly, the electronic health record,” Dr. Mansi says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
I could ignore my past struggles, pretend they no longer matter, but indelible tracings remain.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2022
Using radiocarbon tracings, the archaeologists have dated the grave to the approximate time of the construction of Stonehenge, between 3005 and 2890 B.C.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2022
A cheerful brown, they were, with tracings of darker brown.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
