trace
Example Sentences
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Health workers in Goma must navigate dozens of rebel checkpoints as they try to trace contacts of suspected cases.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
After reporting the theft to Humberside Police, Thompson says he used social media to try to trace the bike.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
“And it worked in some ways,” he says, without a trace of arrogance.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Scientists call this material tephra, and they can trace its spread across landscapes using both visual and chemical analysis.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
I avert my eyes, open my hand, and trace the pattern on the inside of my palm—two stylized hearts, one atop the other, locked in an eternal headbutting competition.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing trace
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Vocabulary of the Common Core
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