trace
Example Sentences
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Residents in that neighborhood left almost no trace in the public record in Spanish, few comment letters in Spanish, no board testimony, no organized presence at hearings.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
ProPublica interviewed more than two dozen national security specialists across party lines to trace Gorka’s path to one of the most sensitive jobs in government.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026
A complaint has been filed against the factory owner and foreman, both of whom are absconding, police said, adding that four special teams have been set up to trace and arrest them.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
The weakening of America’s Protestant work ethic, to use a contested but irreplaceable phrase, is a complicated story, but you could trace its beginnings to the 1960s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Now she was truly alone on the water, without a trace of land and with no idea of how far away it might lie.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing trace
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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Vocabulary of the Common Core
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