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tracing

[trey-sing] / ˈtreɪ sɪŋ /
















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“We used tracing paper and pieced it together,” Hannah says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Browder also spent years tracing the proceeds of the scheme, with the help of investigative journalists at Barron’s and other publications.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

“Logic and neural networks are two threads tracing their way back through time, each corresponding to a different way of thinking about the mind,” Mr. Griffiths writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

It meant there was a delay in tracing close contacts of the patient and potentially identifying that there was a wider outbreak.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

“You were trying to trace Manhattan with the tracing paper I bought you?”

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini