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trace

[trays] / treɪs /






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"These new satellites will give us new opportunities to test models of galaxy formation, trace the assembly history of the Milky Way, and investigate the nature of dark matter."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026

Police tried to trace the vehicle but lost track of it in San Bernardino County, the East Bay Times reported.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

"We need better ways to obtain and verify information, trace complex corporate relationships, and impose meaningful consequences on errant entities," Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

They also point out that any tax breaks are hard to trace because there are no public reporting requirements by the beneficiaries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

But during the day I never saw any trace of emotion on their faces.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

The telescope travels through low Earth orbit, where traces of Earth's atmosphere create drag that slowly reduces the altitude of orbiting spacecraft.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

The Jewish community in Iraq was once one of the largest in the Middle East, numbering more than 130,000 people in the 1940s, and traces its history back 2,600 years.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

Meranda's necklace was found to have traces of nickel but in one part of the chain the concentration was as high as 11%.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

“Today, millions of people dance to music that traces back to him and to our city,” Sheffield continued.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Seeing his smile erased the final traces of my sadness.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat

French explorers such as the Sieur de La Salle had traced a route along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, claiming much of the territory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

But Britain's central role in slavery and mistreatment of its colonial subjects have traced the contours of the trip.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The researchers traced the discrepancy to a mistake in the city's geographic coordinates.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

When Johnson traced the calls and emails behind the rip-off, the trail led to scammers in Nigeria.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Even if Cam traced circles on her thigh or if Kiki was in full force, and already Bee had spit out her lemonade twice, laughing.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

But close to $3 billion of the stolen funds still remain in control of the hackers, according to blockchain tracing firms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

When the building wraps around the shuttle itself it reads as a gleaming, cone-shaped beacon, visible from far away; tracing the shuttle’s dimensions and anchoring the museum in Expo Park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

By tracing the genetic origins of these clones and comparing patterns of gene activity, the researchers connected differences in DNA copy numbers with the types of cells present in each tumor.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

"So our focus is on the contact tracing and ensuring that we know exactly where those contacts are."

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

So far, in tracing the idea of a law of nature, we have been following an established line of argument.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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