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the tracing of this mountain lion is going to be difficult if the rain washes away all of the tracks
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Curated by Our Editors Ultimately, public health workers got control of the outbreak through testing, contact tracing, isolating of sick and exposed individuals and vaccination.
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Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 29 Apr. 2026
While similar tracing has been a part of golf and tennis coverage for years, the thinness and speed of fencing blades required special know-how to digitally follow.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Path tracing, a more realistic form of ray tracing, has been used by some games since, but its high demands mean it's still used sparingly.
—Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
After two cases were detected at the University of Florida at Gainesville, for instance, health-department officials performed contact tracing, ultimately reaching some 1,000 people, Fred Southwick, an infectious-disease specialist at the university, told me.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
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Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 29 Apr. 2026
While similar tracing has been a part of golf and tennis coverage for years, the thinness and speed of fencing blades required special know-how to digitally follow.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Path tracing, a more realistic form of ray tracing, has been used by some games since, but its high demands mean it's still used sparingly.
—Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
After two cases were detected at the University of Florida at Gainesville, for instance, health-department officials performed contact tracing, ultimately reaching some 1,000 people, Fred Southwick, an infectious-disease specialist at the university, told me.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Tracing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tracing. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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tracing
noun
trac·ing
ˈtrā-siŋ 
: a graphic record made by an instrument (as an electrocardiograph) that registers some movement
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