trace
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This helped them assess how much of the total pollution stored in forest soils can be traced back to airborne sources.
From Science Daily
They have urged the public to report to them any useful information that could help trace the former minister.
From BBC
Bay of Plenty District Commander Superintendent Tim Anderson said police are also trying to trace three tourists who they think left the area before the landslide.
Thanks to Hubble's high resolution, scientists were able to trace the fragments backward to their original state as a single object.
From Science Daily
The region’s more recent strategic importance traces to the 1930s when major oil discoveries in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain sparked a new geopolitical calculus about the region.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
