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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are tracing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an ongoing action of following or outlining a path, line, or pattern, often in a literal or figurative sense.
Example: "The researchers are tracing the origins of the ancient manuscript to understand its historical context."
Alternatives: "are following" or "are mapping".
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Huge numbers, inspired by the show Who Do You Think You Are?, are tracing family trees and discovering they are not quite as Anglo-Saxon as they assumed.
Investigators are tracing the car's ownership after it was retrieved outside the mall.
Make sure you keep the fabric as flat as possible when you are tracing.
I am glad you are tracing the phenomenon to the cultural/philosophical ethos.
Prompted by the advent of inexpensive genetic testing, they are tracing their family trees with a vengeance heretofore unknown.
Polar plumes are tracing these global field lines and inhomogeneous field-aligned currents.
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Patterns of coincidence and correspondence are traced.
The routes of many explorers are traced.
The theoretical curves are traced from (17).
While they study, their families are traced.
The Border Patrol was tracing them.
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