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as in defined
to draw or make apparent the outline of
trace your hand onto this piece of paper
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as in chased
to go after or on the track of
police traced the burglar back to his apartment, where they discovered a ton of stolen loot
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Recent Examples of traced
Though the cathedral’s history is traced to 980, the current Baroque structure was built in the mid-1700s.
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
The email threat was traced to a Russian IP address, Rome police said.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
The congressmen noted in the letter that, according to the most recently available ATF data between 2017 and 2021, nearly 26,000 guns were traced from American crime scenes back to a government agency, law enforcement, or the military.
—E.d. Cauchi, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
The amazing find can also shed new light on early human occupation in the region – where evidence of settlement has been traced back to roughly 14,000 years.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
Police have also traced his movements before the shooting via a Greyhound bus originating in Atlanta and bound for New York City.
—Gloria Pazmino, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
Almost all have been traced to exposure to poultry and cattle.
—Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The sheer trend can be traced back to the ’70s and ’80s when Yves Saint Laurent and Halston showed subtle sheer looks, as did Marc Bohan for Dior.
—Marissa Muller, WWD, 8 Dec. 2024
The attack was ultimately traced back to the Syrian leadership.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
The email threat was traced to a Russian IP address, Rome police said.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
The congressmen noted in the letter that, according to the most recently available ATF data between 2017 and 2021, nearly 26,000 guns were traced from American crime scenes back to a government agency, law enforcement, or the military.
—E.d. Cauchi, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
The amazing find can also shed new light on early human occupation in the region – where evidence of settlement has been traced back to roughly 14,000 years.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
Police have also traced his movements before the shooting via a Greyhound bus originating in Atlanta and bound for New York City.
—Gloria Pazmino, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
Almost all have been traced to exposure to poultry and cattle.
—Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The sheer trend can be traced back to the ’70s and ’80s when Yves Saint Laurent and Halston showed subtle sheer looks, as did Marc Bohan for Dior.
—Marissa Muller, WWD, 8 Dec. 2024
The attack was ultimately traced back to the Syrian leadership.
—Greg Myre, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traced
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This chapter will be defined by bringing the promise of GenAI to life within the enterprise setting.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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How defined are the younger generation’s roles?Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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The Suggestions In court filings released Tuesday, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office outlined several options to ensure the historic conviction remains intact.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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As outlined in Justice Alito's dissenting opinion, the Seventh Circuit court ruled that the groups could not bring a case to court to challenge the policy unless one of their children were trans and the parent had, consequently, been directly affected by the policy.Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 10 Dec. 2024
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Again, this is a hard problem and is being avidly pursued by everyone in this realm.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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As Masterson pursued both the appeal and a petition challenging his incarceration, his appellate lawyers started looking for jurors willing to discuss possible problems with the trial.Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
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Google says that its chip performed a computation in under five minutes that would take today’s fastest supercomputers 10 septillion years - that is 1 followed by 25 zeros.Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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In the decades that followed, Kreskin performed his act for presidents, royalty and on hundreds and hundreds of television appearances.Greg Evans, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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Finally, the topmost aim is to allow the use of a separate video as the input source, possibly accompanied by text and images, all of which the generative AI utilizes to produce a suitable video.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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There are certainly true believers in the technology, but they are accompanied by celebrities and memelords drumming up new coins based on viral memes, and scores of day traders hoping to catch one of these speculation tokens at the right moment.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
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Zara has trailed the café concept in Dubai, opened in November 2023, as well as Paris and Lisbon.Rhonda Richford, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
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Knowles lead the way as the musician trailed closely behind her.Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Traced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traced. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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