paper trail
Example Sentences
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"We needed to create a paper trail so he could find his way back to us," Johanne says.
From BBC
But an extensive paper trail and even videos could make the case particularly daunting for Bolsonaro.
From Seattle Times
For a governor, Mr. DeSantis, whose spokeswoman declined interview requests, has an unusually long paper trail on foreign policy.
From New York Times
The difference is that some of the others lack the paper trail that he has found in the $2.5 billion one.
From New York Times
It’s difficult to determine the sequence of events because your paper trail of correspondence with the company is incomplete.
From Seattle Times
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