paper trail
Example Sentences
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She becomes the de facto “keeper” of these letters and more mementos — a “strange gift,” she writes, the paper trail of something that should never have happened.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Money, that eternal source of marital friction, offers a paper trail for the unraveling of countless marriages.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
For one, he doesn’t have the provocative paper trail that Dhillon has.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
On New Year’s Eve, venture capitalists Peter Thiel and David Sacks announced the opening of new satellite offices in Florida and Texas, respectively, laying a paper trail that might thwart future California tax collectors.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026
A paper trail to a Chickasaw great-grandfather none of them had ever known was a path into a past she’d spent her whole life escaping.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
