- present participle of trace.
tracing
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"So our focus is on the contact tracing and ensuring that we know exactly where those contacts are."
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Experts say the imported cases in Kenya and Nigeria can be effectively contained through early detection, robust contact tracing and continued surveillance at borders and airports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
By tracing cellular ancestry and identifying when different developmental pathways emerge, scientists may gain a clearer understanding of how these problems begin.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
The Scottish government said four of those cases were detected outside of the zone by tracing animal movements from the affected farms.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Frankie placed his hand on my cheek, tracing the curve of my cheekbone.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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
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