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trace
/treɪs/ verb [T]Definition
› to follow the movements, progress, or development of something: We traced the manufacturing process from the arrival of the raw materials to the shipment of the final product.
› to find someone or something: Will you trace the origin of these orders, please?
› to describe the way in which something has developed: The main aim of this project is to trace the history of the Keynesian revolution.
(Definition of trace verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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